The other setting that you might have to check and make sure is on is location for both your HomePod and iPhone. If I turn off these settings the hand off feature works only about half of the time.
Ed > On Mar 2, 2020, at 1:03 AM, Joshua Hendrickson <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's a very nice speaker called The Tribit Stormbox speaker that is > also very good. I like my google home if it would stay connected to > my iPhone viabluetooth also sounds very good. > > On 3/2/20, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've never heard the home pod as we can't get them here in new Zealand. >> >> I do however have a few sonos play 1 devices although they aren't >> Bluetooth. >> >> But what I have heard playing audio is the sonos move and it sounded pretty >> bloody good to me. >> >> And they are similar in how they work to the home pod I believe. >> >> The other speakers I personally like are the UE boom for which they have >> just added a new device called the hyper boom, >> >> Might be worth a look >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Joshua Hendrickson >> Sent: Monday, 2 March 2020 9:01 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: HomePod Question >> >> Hi Arnold. What I'd do, is invest in a good bluetooth speaker. I've got >> some very nice bluetooth speakers, and I can listen to bookshare books by >> using voice dream reader and the ebooks sound just fine. I'd never purchase >> a home pod, they sound kind of junky to me. I like my bose revolve plus >> speaker. >> >> On 3/1/20, Arnold Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Mary, >>> Thanks to your last message, I will have to investigate whether this >>> iPhone >>> 6 is just too old to work with them. Also, I found the following link >>> as to how to reset your home pods. It would be worth a try, that is >>> just too much money to have invested in something that doesn't work >>> right. If this really long link doesn't work, google "how to reset >>> homepod" and it will find it. >>> >>> Arnold Schmidt >>> >>> >>> Sent from Arnold's iPhone Six >>> https://9to5mac-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/9to5mac.com/2018/02/10/how- >>> to-factory-reset-your-homepod/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%3D#or >>> igin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&prerenderSize=1&visibilityState=prer >>> ender&paddingTop=32&p2r=0&horizontalScrolling=0&csi=1&aoh=158304677141 >>> 04&viewerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Famp%2Fs%2F9to5mac.com%2F20 >>> 18%2F02%2F10%2Fhow-to-factory-reset-your-homepod%2Famp%2F&history=1&st >>> orage=1&cid=1&cap=navigateTo%2Ccid%2CfullReplaceHistory%2Cfragment%2Cr >>> eplaceUrl >>> >>> On Mar 1, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Robert, I actually have two phones, one of which doesn’t have a Sim >>> card. >>> That one, a 7+, has never done handoff. My 10 R is the one where it >>> occasionally works. I would think the 10 R shouldn’t have any issues. >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 1, 2020, at 8:30 AM, Robert Carter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Mary, >>>> >>>> My HomePods are in a stereo pair also. >>>> >>>> Witch iPhone are you using? I am using the 11 pro. If you have an >>>> older phone, I am wondering if the handoff feature works better with >>>> the new hardware? If you have a new phone then never mind. >>>> >>>> Robert Carter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Feb 29, 2020, at 6:43 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Robert, >>>>> What you did with your book share book is exactly what I have done >>>>> when I have tried the handoff feature. It’s just that most of the >>>>> time, it doesn’t work for me. That’s my problem. And I don’t think >>>>> there has ever been a time when it has worked with a voice over >>>>> voice. I actually have a stereo pair. I don’t know why that should >>>>> make a difference. I’ve tried both parts of my stereo pair, and both >>>>> work intermittently as described. >>>>> Mary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 29, 2020, at 6:13 AM, Robert Carter <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Mary and list, >>>>>> >>>>>> To make sure that I wasn’t giving bad information, I just started a >>>>>> BookShare book reading on my iPhone. I was using the James voice. I >>>>>> then held my phone near the HomePod. The phone gave a little haptic >>>>>> click and said transferring to HomePod. The James voice immediately >>>>>> began to read the book through the HomePod. >>>>>> >>>>>> I then held the phone near the HomePod again and got the haptic >>>>>> vibration and the phone said transferring to iPhone. The James >>>>>> voice again came through the iPhone. >>>>>> >>>>>> Robert Carter >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Robert, >>>>>>> I have had very spotty luck with handoff. I have never gotten >>>>>>> anything to transfer from one of my phones, even though it’s on >>>>>>> the same Wi-Fi network as my HomePod. And some of the time, the >>>>>>> other one doesn’t work right either. And I have never had anything >>>>>>> that was being read, such as a Kindle book by voiceover or a voice >>>>>>> dream book by voiceover transfer. I haven’t tried it that much, >>>>>>> but it has never worked, making me wonder what the heck is up. >>>>>>> Mary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2020, at 5:45 AM, Robert Carter <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When audio is playing on the iPhone, you can bring the phone near >>>>>>>> the HomePod and handoff the audio to the HomePod. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Robert Carter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Feb 28, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Arnold Schmidt <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> i listened to an AppleVis podcast about the HomePod, and I have >>>>>>>>> a question. I noticed that when she was playing something from >>>>>>>>> her phone, VoiceOver was still coming from her phone, not the >>>>>>>>> HomePod. I understand that air play works this way, but would it >>>>>>>>> air play material from, say, Kindle that VoiceOver would be >>>>>>>>> reading to the HomePod? 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