Episodes
Monday Nov 04, 2019
How to play ambient sounds on the HomePod and set a sleep timer
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
At the moment, you can play seven high quality ambient sounds on the HomePod that will continuously play, and whilst an ambient sound is playing, set a sleep timer.
The 7 ambient sounds are currently white noise, fireplace, night, rain, forest, stream and ocean.
Just say "Hey siri play xx sound".
By the way, the sounds sound a heck of a lot better in person as it were, rather than on the recording.
Enjoy.
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
This is a great new feature for transferring audio between HomePod and iPHone or iPhone and HomePod.
One of those features where you think how did I do without this before smile.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
With the release of iOS 12, Find My iPhone, answering/making calls, and multiple timers became available for the HomePod which I demonstrate.
Friday Jun 15, 2018
HomePod demo - moving music around between multiple speakers
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
In this demo, I show you how you can ask Siri to move music to particular speakers or move EVERYWhere to play music on all speakers.
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
HomePod demo - switching between multi room and stereo pair
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to change between multi room and stereo pair using the Home app of course using two HomePods (smile).
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
In this demo I show you where to go to toggle automatic software update on or off within the Home app and also where you can check for the current firmware software version of HomePod .
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
HomePod demo- sending, receiving and reading Messages on HomePod
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
Sunday Feb 25, 2018
In this demo I show you how to send, receive and read Messages on HomePod.
Friday Feb 23, 2018
HomePod demo - creating notes and reminders
Friday Feb 23, 2018
Friday Feb 23, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to create and add to notes, and how I use reminders in a number of ways on the HomePod.
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
HomePod demo - playing media to HomePod and other wireless speakers from the Mac
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
In this demo, I give you a demo of my wireless speaker setup at home and take you through the simple process of playing to the HomePod and other wireless speaker devices around my home.
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
HomePod demo - using Home Kit devices
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
In this demo, I take you through the Home Kit devices that I use in my home to control lights, radio, heater, and checking the temperature inside and outside all done via the HomePod.
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
HomePod demo - using the timer
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
In this demo, I take a quick look at the timer function offered by the HomePod.
Monday Feb 19, 2018
HomePod demo - setting and managing alarms
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to set single and repeat alarms, toggle alarms on/off, label alarms, delete alarms, and check status of alarms using the HomePod. I also go through setting and managing alarms from the Home app.
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
HomePod demo - how to reset HomePod
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
Sunday Feb 18, 2018
In this demo I show you how to reset the HomePod.
Simply unplug and plug back in to power, hold finger on touch surface until announcement/3 tones, HomePod restarts, usual start sound, and begin usual setup process via Popup on iPhone and through the Home app.
Friday Feb 16, 2018
HomePod demo - how to stop and start "Hey Siri" from listening
Friday Feb 16, 2018
Friday Feb 16, 2018
In this demo, I take you through the simple steps of asking Siri to stop listening for the "Hey Siri" command (Hey Siri Stop Listening", and how to activate "hey Siri" again via 1 finger double tap and hold (using VoiceOver on the homePod) touch surface to manually activate Siri, then say "Hey Siri Start Listening".
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
HomePod demo - playing around with Podcasts
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to play, navigate, and subscribe to podcasts on the HomePod.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to play media on your iPhone (such as an Audible book) and music playing on HomePod (via Hey Siri play xx), and then via Control Centre, change between iPhone and HomePod.
These are the steps:
In the demo, start an Audible book on iPhone,
Start music playing on HomePod via Hey Siri,
Access Control Centre,
3D Touch on Media,
will be presented with Title track iPhone and title track NameOfHomePod,
Select iPhone or HomePod,
Media controls such as Rewind, Play.Pause, Fast Forward, volume etc will then allow that selected media source to be controlled.
This comes in really handy if you've started music playing in the kitchen on HomePod, your at the back of the house, and you want to change to the next track on the HomePod, Pause, turn the volume up etc.
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
How to use HomePod as a speaker phone.
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
In this demo, I show you how to transfer a call from your iPhone to the HomePod to then use the HomePod as a hands free speaker phone.
This works for both making and receiving a call.
When your on a call, choose the Hide button to hide the keypad, choose the Audio button, and then choose your HomePod.
The great thing about this for VoiceOver users is that the call is live on your HomePod, whilst VoiceOver and the keypad if you have to use it with automated system stays on the iPhone. Consequently you have two different audio sources, making it much easier to either listen to the phone call or use your iPhone.
Friday Feb 09, 2018
Friday Feb 09, 2018
My first demo of setting up and playing around with the HomePod.
Support page link for using VoiceOver on the HomePod which will activate if you are running VoiceOver on the iPhone or turn it on in Home app via Room tab, HomePod, Details, Accessibility, VoiceOver.
https://support.apple.com/en-au/ht208434