HomePod Which UK Radio stations can you play on your HomePod?

[BSben]

Just unboxed mine got it as a gift; the only thing Siri does'nt do at all after acknowledging any music request is actually play the music (defeats the purpose); plays every music, radio & podcast only via AirPlay. Siri responds promptly to every other command aside from music

Do you subscribe to Apple Music? If not then as advertised it will be an AirPlay affair. If you are an Apple Music subscriber then Siri should play all the music you request.

 

[Kiimora]

Do you subscribe to Apple Music? If not then as advertised it will be an AirPlay affair. If you are an Apple Music subscriber then Siri should play all the music you request.

Thanks , I found the culprit eventually; after installing the latest HP update the "Personal Request" option was turned off for some reason, hence the mute response. I am an AM sub so it works perfectly now

 

[iGeek2014]

I wonder if Bauer Media have a tie in with Google/Amazon at the moment as my local radio station (GEM 106) often advertise Alexa/Google Home with the keywords to use eg Hey Alexa...

 

[ianbetteridge]

I wonder if Bauer Media have a tie in with Google/Amazon at the moment as my local radio station (GEM 106) often advertise Alexa/Google Home with the keywords to use eg Hey Alexa...

I work for Bauer. There’s no tie-in, other than at present we’ve only rolled dedicated support for accessing stations via Alexa. We’ll definitely add support for HomePod when we can (I’m just off to buy my second one today...)

 

[timsutcliffe]

Classic FM now works. Just say ‘Hey Siri, play Classic FM’.

I’m hoping for 5Live as well at some point.

 

[tvOStoday]

Whats the phrase to use to get LBC to play? I've tried everything I can think of haha

 

[timsutcliffe]

Whats the phrase to use to get LBC to play? I've tried everything I can think of haha

I’ve just tried ‘Hey Siri, play LBC Radio’. It started playing - although there was an odd pause (20 seconds) before it started. It did that twice.

 

[darthbane2k]

Whats the phrase to use to get LBC to play? I've tried everything I can think of haha

“Hey Siri , play LBC Radio Live”

 

[The Game 161]

Love we can play any radio stations I swear we couldn’t do this at the Start

Listening to one then carrying on in another room is awesome

 

[FatherOfTwo]

Love we can play any radio stations I swear we couldn’t do this at the Start

Listening to one then carrying on in another room is awesome

Any radio station? I don’t think we can play any BBC radio station, unless you can correct me?

 

[Nell]

Any radio station? I don’t think we can play any BBC radio station, unless you can correct me?

No, it’s a very limited selection. Listening to BBC radio is only by AirPlay from your phone (or computer or whatever).

My HomePod would be get so much more use if it played Radio 4 and 6 Music and if it did so on a timer. My clock radio has seen better days and freeing up the space and plug socket it uses would make me very happy.

 

[blaugrana69]

BBC now starting to trail “smart speakers” as a way of listening. Someone tell Apple.

 

[idrewuk]

Yes, when the hell are BBC stations going to be added to Siri voice control? Many months have passed!

 

[dallardice]

I don't know enough about Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12 but would that let the BBC add voice functionality to the BBC iPlayer Radio app?

Must admit it's my biggest gripe on the HomePod now - I'd love to be able to say "Play BBC 6 Music" or similar and have it turn on.

 

[Orinoco3]

I agree. You can provide feedback to Apple here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/homepod.html. I have. The more of us that do so the more likely they are to listen.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

I agree. You can provide feedback to Apple here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/homepod.html. I have. The more of us that do so the more likely they are to listen.

Yep, I’ve just done this. The more people that tell Apple the better. I haven’t got HomePod yet, but if it gets bbc radio integration I’ll probably get one or two.

 

[FatherOfTwo]

I find it strange that I can ask my HomePod to read BBC news or BBC sport news but I can't get it to play any of their radio stations. Is the ability to hear BBC News or BBC Sport a HomePod specific thing or can you do this on an Alexa / Google device?

 

[dallardice]

You can do it on both Alexa and Google devices, because they are more open/extensible than Apple. I'm hopeful that Siri Shortcuts might allow the same for BBC iPlayer Radio.

 

[blaugrana69]

I agree. You can provide feedback to Apple here: https://www.apple.com/feedback/homepod.html. I have. The more of us that do so the more likely they are to listen.

Just done that. It’s the one thing for me that’s really missing from the Homepod.

 

[Nell]

Same here. I’d have homepods all over the house if I could ask Siri for Radio 4.

 

[stridemat]

I’m glad I’m not alone and found this thread.

This is one thing I want our HP to do. It’s not a deal breaker, but certainly would remove one of those small niggles in the morning. Either provide native support or iPlayer radio app shortcut support on iOS would be great.

 

[madeirabhoy]

I find it strange that I can ask my HomePod to read BBC news or BBC sport news but I can't get it to play any of their radio stations. Is the ability to hear BBC News or BBC Sport a HomePod specific thing or can you do this on an Alexa / Google device?

my google boxes play bbc radio 2 quite happily and im not even in the uk.

 

[Orinoco3]

Like the feedback link for Apple: https://www.apple.com/feedback/homepod.html. Anyone know an equivalent for the BBC?

 

[Z3man]

my google boxes play bbc radio 2 quite happily and im not even in the uk.

That's a lot if use to HomePod owners.

 

[madeirabhoy]

That's a lot if use to HomePod owners.

to be honest I was halfway through a smart arsed answer to you then realised it misread the other posters question. I genuinely thought he'd asked whether it was an issue that you couldn't play bbc radio was only a HomePod issue or whether it was a problem with Alexa and google, so thats what I was answering, not his question about the news. sorry.