Apple HomePod: Connect a Bluetooth device
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If you want to connect your Apple HomePod to another device via Bluetooth, the speaker reaches its limits.
Apple HomePod and Bluetooth: what you should know about it
Apple's HomePod is equipped with Bluetooth 5.0 wireless connection technology.
- However, you will try in vain to address the speaker via Bluetooth from a smartphone or another music source.
- This is because the Apple speaker doesn't support Bluetooth streaming.
- Audio files can only be transferred to the HomePod via AirPlay.
- So you absolutely need an AirPlay-capable device as an audio source.
HomePod and Windows - is that possible?
As already mentioned, streaming to the HomePod works exclusively via AirPlay.
- If you want to transfer music from your Windows computer to the Apple speaker, you need AirPlay.
- We will show you in detail how to use AirPlay under Windows in a separate practical tip.
Another practical tip tells you what you can do if AirPlay does not discover any devices on your MacBook.