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hippyeverafter

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Aug 13, 2017
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Bletchley, England
Have had an HomePod since last December and on the whole have enjoyed the experience however the Radio Station implementation could be improved in my opinion. Firstly the Radio by Genre section sucks as most of it is not actual radio streams but curated playlists as far as I can tell. Another example is it lists UkTalkRadio but I listen to talkRADIO and Pyschedelic Jukebox radio for example which are not listed in the Genre section?. I can ask Siri to play these stations and yes will then show as recently played but there seems no way to add them as a favourite station but I may be missing something?. Did ask Siri to play radio Caroline but got an Apple Music playlist!. As these streams are pulled from Tunein then why is there not a dedicated integrated section?. Maybe someone will tell me it's all due to digital streaming rights maybe or maybe not but other makers of similar units manage to integrate such services. And finally try telling Siri to play Pyscedelicized Radio after a few beers:p.
 
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