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Amazon Echo vs Apple HomePod
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June 20, 2019 at 1:58 am #1849484
Nathan Parker
AskWoody_MVPAs a person who owns multiple Amazon Echo devices in my home, are there any good reasons to consider also owning an Apple HomePod, or am I better off remaining with just using Echo devices? I do own an iPhone, iPad, a couple of Macs, an Apple Watch, and Apple TV, and I’m especially curious if the HomePod in conjunction with Apple TV would give me increased sound when watching Apple TV content (although the sound on my current TV is pretty good at the moment).
Thanks!
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June 20, 2019 at 11:31 am #1849972
Alex5723
AskWoody Plusare there any good reasons to consider also owning an Apple HomePod,
These are 2 entirely different devices. One, Echo, is for Alexa Assistant and other noises. The other, HomePod, is for pure high quality music.
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June 20, 2019 at 3:35 pm #1850143
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July 6, 2019 at 11:25 pm #1870653
Nathan Parker
AskWoody_MVPI believe there’s a way to route audio from an Apple TV to a HomePod. Does anyone happen to know how to do it?
Also, does anyone know if there’s a way to route audio from an Amazon Fire TV to a HomePod (maybe over Bluetooth or some other method)?
Eventually Amazon Fire TV will become my primary TV input, with Apple TV being my other TV input (right now my primary is a Channel Master DVR that’s slowly aging), and when my TV does eventually go, instead of an ugly wired soundbar, if I already had a HomePod sitting in my living room, routing audio from my Fire TV and Apple TV to it would be a nice alternative.
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July 7, 2019 at 12:37 am #1870672
Alex5723
AskWoody PlusI believe there’s a way to route audio from an Apple TV to a HomePod. Does anyone happen to know how to do it?
Also, does anyone know if there’s a way to route audio from an Amazon Fire TV to a HomePod (maybe over Bluetooth or some other method)?
Eventually Amazon Fire TV will become my primary TV input, with Apple TV being my other TV input (right now my primary is a Channel Master DVR that’s slowly aging), and when my TV does eventually go, instead of an ugly wired soundbar, if I already had a HomePod sitting in my living room, routing audio from my Fire TV and Apple TV to it would be a nice alternative.
How to set up your HomePod with your Apple TV
https://www.imore.com/how-set-up-your-homepod-your-apple-tv
How to Use Your HomePod as a Speaker for Your Apple TV
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/homepod-as-apple-tv-speaker/
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July 7, 2019 at 10:42 pm #1871172
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July 8, 2019 at 3:03 am #1871390
Alex5723
AskWoody PlusGreat! Is there a way to connect it to Fire TV as well? Maybe over Bluetooth?
You can’t. You need AirPlay support.
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July 8, 2019 at 3:54 pm #1871837
Nathan Parker
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September 2, 2020 at 11:50 pm #2293452
Nathan Parker
AskWoody_MVPI may purchase a HomePod later this year (around Christmastime) to see if I want to move to it from Alexa (I’m wanting to pivot off some of my non-Apple hardware and pivot more toward all Apple hardware).
Since HomePod doesn’t offer quite the skills of Alexa, I’m wondering if I can use Siri Shortcuts or IFTTT to automate some of the stuff I do with Alexa Skills. All of my smart home devices already support HomeKit, so I’m set there. It’s only a handful of skills I’d need to find a way to replace on HomePod.
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