Apple HomePods get third-party YouTube Music help

Nice information for the devoted few Apple Residence people who use YouTube Music (I do know you’re on the market!) — now you can combine the service together with your HomePods and both ask Siri to play songs utilizing YouTube Music or set the service as your default supply. 9to5Google noticed a Reddit put up from YouTube Music product head Brandon Bilinski asserting the replace. You will discover directions for establishing the mixing on a help web page for the service.

The checklist of third-party music providers you can combine with HomePods continues to be fairly lean. Till now, the most important options to Apple Music which have added that help had been in all probability Deezer and Pandora. You may lastly ask Siri to play music with Spotify on HomePods, however the firm nonetheless doesn’t help connecting the app to Apple’s audio system.

To attach YouTube Music to your HomePods, you’ll must both have a YouTube Music or YouTube Premium account. Open the app, faucet your consumer icon within the prime proper, then go to Settings > Linked Apps > Join with HomePod. Then, to set it as your default, open the Residence App in your iPhone or iPad, faucet the settings icon within the higher proper there, and go to Residence Settings > Your username (within the Individuals part) > Default Service.

For those who don’t see the “Linked Apps” possibility in YouTube Music, don’t fear — I didn’t both at first. After force-closing the app and re-opening it, nevertheless, it was there. You may additionally must ensure you’ve received the most recent model of the app.