It has been rumored for a long time but it is already a fact. It seems that Apple finally gives its arm to twist and will allow the HomePod is compatible with other music streaming services, such as Spotify. Apple Music exclusivity comes to an end with the upcoming update to iOS 14.
The war between Apple and Spotify seems to have one less battle, and that is that the most popular streaming service in the world will finally be able to be compatible with the HomePod. One of the complaints of Spotify in its battle against Apple was that it was not allowed to use it on the HomePod directly, without having to do AirPlay, but this will change with the arrival of iOs 14. Along with a good handful of new features related to HomeKit and the Home app, Apple has left this image in which you can read "Third Party Music Services" under the image of the HomePod, which unequivocally speaks of this compatibility with Spotify, Pandora, etc.
We'll have to wait for iOs 14 to launch and the HomePod software to update, something that won't come until after the summer. The iOS 14 beta is now available to developers, but there is no beta for the HomePod, at least not normally. Apple is sending invitations to a closed beta for the HomePod to certain usersWe do not know if in a more advanced phase, when the Betas are more polished, it will launch a Beta for the new software that it will receive after the summer and we will be able to test this new feature.
Spotify users who wanted to enjoy a speaker with the sound quality of the HomePod are in luck because this means that they will be able to use Apple's smart speaker fully, indicating the music you want to listen to from Spotify using voice commands. Until now it was only possible through AirPlay which made the speaker lose some of its grace. The wait will be long for many, but autumn is near.