And I don't just listen to soft country music! But my point is, and it is a small one, is that with the HomePod, when you are finished, you just stop the music, or it ends, nothing else to turn off. With a Bose set of speakers I have, there is a full sized remote, and you have to turn it on and off. With a pair of Solo speakers hooked to a receiver (which got replaced by my pair of stereo HPs) you of course had to point that remote at the receiver to turn things on/off. I suppose other active speakers are like HP, but I don't know about some other speakers like Sonos. Anyway, every time I'm done listening I think, well, There's nothing, really nothing, to turn off (just in case, the reference is Visions Of Johanna, Bob Dylan).
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HomePod There's nothing, really nothing, to turn off
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Genuine question...what is the point of your post?
OK, again it is a small point, but with other music speaker systems (pre-plugged in active speakers like HP), you have to turn something off when you are done. I didn't mention MP3 players which run on battery and must be turned off. With the HP, when the music is over, whether a playlist, album or you press pause on iPhone, iPad or Mac, there is no other thing to click or stop. It seems to be a positive thing about HP to me, YMMV. Plus, Bob Dylan.
Ah, now I see your point. It's that the HomePods are simple to use.
And, well, Bob Dylan ...
I saw BD live last summer @ Firefly. Never have I ever seen another concert with so little interplay with the audience. He took no notice of the crowd, and never talked at all during the show, just sang (and BD doesn't bring much about that, either)
And, well, Bob Dylan ...
I saw BD live last summer @ Firefly. Never have I ever seen another concert with so little interplay with the audience. He took no notice of the crowd, and never talked at all during the show, just sang (and BD doesn't bring much about that, either)
On the flip side....
Nothing mandated that you had to turn off other devices when you were done listening to them. You could leave any device plugged in and turned on.
But... consider that perhaps sacrificing some convenience, might be beneficial to both your wallet and the planet. Turning a device off does generally save electricity, even if it is momentarily inconvenient to turn it on to use it.
While modern devices may use minimal power in standby mode... some, is still more than none.
Nothing mandated that you had to turn off other devices when you were done listening to them. You could leave any device plugged in and turned on.
But... consider that perhaps sacrificing some convenience, might be beneficial to both your wallet and the planet. Turning a device off does generally save electricity, even if it is momentarily inconvenient to turn it on to use it.
While modern devices may use minimal power in standby mode... some, is still more than none.
You can always pull the plug of your HomePod, but then there's Bob Dylan to take into consideration.
Something to add to this useful thread: When your microwave "pings" and is done, you don't turn it off. There is absolutely nothing to turn off and no Bob Dylan!
Something to add to this useful thread: When your microwave "pings" and is done, you don't turn it off. There is absolutely nothing to turn off and no Bob Dylan!
This is a small but very convenient thing. Before the HomePod, to play music, I had to grab the remote, turn on the home cinema which take about 30 seconds to be completely on, select Apple TV source, grab my iPhone, conect to the Apple TV and play the playlist. Now simply I say Hey Siri play whatever song. It’s even more convenient when I leave home, no search for a remotes, no nothing, only say Hey Siri stop and leave. Love it.
Haven't tested it yet, but when you turn off a HomePod, you can't use "Hey Siri" apparently. Can someone with some spare time to test this, confirm it?
Any device that is truely “off” cannot respond until it is “on”. If it can respond, then it is either “on” or in a low power mode (but still “on”).
My thoughts exactly, pretty self-evident I'd say... ;-)