This summer, Apple unveiled a series of new iOS 11 features specific to iPad, including new Dock navigation and support for Drag and Drop, enabling sophisticated new ways to work with documents between apps. Within its first month of availability, scores of third party developers ...
Of note, however, you will not be able to control a Matter controller with another Matter controller. So you can’t ask Alexa to have your HomePod Mini play music or use a Google Nest Hub and an Echo device in the same multiroom music group. This is because Matter controllers aren’t ...
Apple confirms an upcoming update will let HomePod, but not HomePod mini, output Dolby Atmos as well as 5.1 and 7.1 channel audio from Apple TV 4K— With new home cinema feature — Apple's HomePod is getting a lot more useful as a home cinema speaker for Apple TV 4K owners. ...
AirPlay 2 also enables multi-room support for AirPlay speakers, meaning that you’ll be able to integrate Sonos devices with other AirPlay 2 speakers for a seamless experience across your home — including Apple’s HomePod, which wasoriginally announced as a competitor to Sonos’ devices. ...
Netatmo's indoor security camera, the Welcome, will be getting HomeKit support later in the first quarter, the company announced on Monday. HomeKit compatibility should allow control via Siri, as well as the iOS and watchOS Home apps. Siri commands will include the likes of "turn ...
Some kind of smart speaker was the obvious solution to this, and the HomePod would have the advantage of being able to act as a HomeKit hub too. In myHomePod Diary, I’ve been focusing mostly on music, but I’m also happy to report that the smart speaker has also passed the Steph ...
AirPlay 2 is Apple's update to its media streaming protocol, enabling features such as stereo pairing on the HomePod and multi-room audio for compatible devices. The betas of iOS 12 gave some hope that Apple would add AirPlay 2 to AirPort Express units, with the appearance of t...
Podcast. Or ask yourHomePod minifor "AppleInsider Daily" instead and you'll hear a fast update direct from our news team. And, if you're interested in Apple-centric home automation, say "Hey, Siri, play HomeKit Insider," and you'll be listening to our newest specialized podcast in ...
Apple Music has also given artists a new tool: thepre-add.Fans can pre-add an album or song to their Apple Music library, giving them the ability to listen to it the moment it goes live. As it turns out, users are four times more likely to complete an album if they've ...