Hi all, We have a pair of HomePods. I have an Apple Music subscription. If I say “hey Siri, play some David Bowie” Siri will oblige and play through the HomePods.
We bought an Apple TV HD and set the default sound output of said device to the HomePods. If I say “hey Siri, play some David Bowie” Siri will oblige and play through the HomePods ... but it seems, only if the Apple TV is connected. If for some reason, as was in our case, the mains plug was not in the Apple TV, what I got when asking was “now playing xxx by David Bowie. Silence. I’m sorry I’m having trouble with that, please try later.” My iPad would stream the same music with no trouble. Once the Apple TV was reconnected to the mains, the same Siri request played through the HomePods. This is weird behaviour to me. As HomePods don’t require an Apple TV for Siri to stream music over them, why does a connected Apple TV become a requirement for them to play? I would have expected the HomePods to simply stream as they would if we had no Apple TV. Is there a way round this, or is it just the way it is? Thanks for any help. Stephen You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/697EB237-8CEC-4F55-A653-D13DBE67B846%40icloud.com.
