Homepod: Ambient sounds are activated shortly and multi-user control and music streaming are delayed. These three functions have been long awaited. Today we already know from the company that Siri will soon be able to delight us with environmental sounds. The other two, "will arrive in autumn." One of lime, and two of sand.
The HomePod was never mentioned in yesterday's keynote. Its users have been waiting for some improvements for a long time, seeing them with envy already implemented in the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Well, nothing at all. Today "so low" Apple has modified its product website with some announcements that obviously have not gone unnoticed. Let's see:
Radio stations
The reproduction of radio stations which broadcast live over the internet, will launch on HomePod on September 30. Stations from TuneIn, iHeartRadio and Radio.com are being integrated. for Siri to play them directly. In total about 100.000 stations. Great news.
Multi-user control
The multi-user mode has long been announced by the company, and its users are eagerly awaiting it. This function has been implemented for months by Amazon and Google in their smart speakers. Makes HomePod recognizes up to six different people by tone of voice living in the same house. You can customize the responses, access the music for each profile, and perform the specific tasks that each user has programmed. A great advance, which for the moment is delayed. Apple simply says: "Available in Autumn".
You can transfer the music to the HomePod just by bringing the mobile closer to the speaker
Music transfer
Another novelty that is delayed. The new music transfer feature makes it easy to switch the music you're currently listening to on your iPhone and switch to listening to it on HomePod. Just hold your phone closer to HomePod, and a notification will appear on your lock screen asking if you want to pass the sound it's playing to the speaker. They also say now that for fall. Another one of sand.
Ambient sounds
This new feature yes it seems that it is falling. If you want to put relaxing audio on your HomePod, you no longer have to go through Airplay. It will only be enough to ask Siri to put sounds of ocean waves, birdsong, rain, etc. and it will play them automatically.
Seeing the so staggered launch of iOS 13 according to the devices, I think they have caught the bull. They should have programmed the Keynote a few weeks later, and have everything ready. iOS 13 will arrive first on iPhones on September 19, along with watchOS 6. iPadOS will not be released until September 30, which is also scheduled for iOS 13.1. macOS Catalina, on the other hand, is delayed until October. Weird, weird ...
