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Spotify May Be Allowed to Stream Directly on HomePod and Set as Default Music App in iOS 14
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Recently, Firefox have upped their game significantly. With their focus on privacy, Firefox is definitely worth looking at. I'm using it as my primary browser on Windows, and using it more and more on Mac.
Is spotify available on Apple Watch. Can we stream music using playlists on Spotify?
I think it's more about the potential of expanding the HomePod family with a broader array of speaker products. I can see more expensive HomePod systems at the high end, and a lite version of the current HomePod. Handling Spotify would help sales. A one year free AM subscription on high-end systems would also be a good move.
The signal processing and beamforming (for both playing music with automatic room acoustics equalization, and, receiving verbal commands in the presence of background sounds) potential is enormous. I see the current HomePod as kind of a technology demonstrator, similar to iPhone X. And there are better/more interesting products coming.
Agreed. Who would want options to use their preferred streaming service? /s
Then don't use. What is it with Apple users being salty about alternative options and features they don't have to use.
Yep. Until then ... nope.
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Then Spotify would suck.
Please please please make this happen. I currently choose Spotify because I have a student package with Spotify, Showtime, and Hulu for $4.99. To be able to use Spotify on my HomePod with Siri would be great.
Sometimes the classic lines get used at just the right time! I laughed out loud at that one!
I just turned on strict tracking protection. Works fine in my case.
It would be nice. I’m glad I have it on my PlayStation 4.
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I use AdGuard. I bought the lifetime license for 50 bucks because it blocks ads in literally every app. Works in Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. It’s easily my favorite app now.
Think in reverse: I have Spotify, why would I want Apple Music if the content is about the same?
I don't see the point of Apple Music if I can get what I want from Spotify.
Also, I can Stream Spotify from more devices than Apple Music, making accessibility better than Apple Music.
All that, and also I have hundreds of playlists I'm subscribed to on Spotify, and thousands of songs in my favorites. Switching to Apple music would require transferring all this over and there's no way to do it automatically.
Spotify has been around a lot longer than Apple Music and has a large subscriber base that isn't going anywhere. Apple might as well appease them; they make most of their money selling hardware.
If Apple is gonna open up the HomePod like this, as they should, I’ll be quick to change my home from an alexa home to a Siri one. Only reason I use Alexa now is it’s compatibility with so many services.
homebridge or home assistant will make nearly all of those devices work with Siri if you have the time and patience, fwiw.
I like Apple Music. However, the one key feature it's missing for me is you can't improve a radio station. Apple is the only service where you can't select thumbs up/down to improve whatever station you are listening to. With Apple, your likes and dislikes only affect their recommended songs. This is why I always have either Spotify or Pandora as an alternative.
Sorry Apple but this ship has sailed in my house. We have a family Spotify plan as it's what I use in my car. I've bought 5 Sonos devices since January and probably end up with a couple more by the end of this year.
Imagine if Apple TV only allowed the Apple TV+ app, that's pretty much what is going on with the Homepod. Which is too bad as the sound quality is pretty good.
Well, the other problem is that my son's first name starts with an 'S', has two syllables, sounds nothing like the name 'Siri' but every day Siri gets activated when we are talking to him.
Imagine if Apple TV only allowed the Apple TV+ app, that's pretty much what is going on with the Homepod. Which is too bad as the sound quality is pretty good.
Well, the other problem is that my son's first name starts with an 'S', has two syllables, sounds nothing like the name 'Siri' but every day Siri gets activated when we are talking to him.
Actually, there is. And you can sync them together. I use SongShift on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/songshift/id1097974566