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Title: How to group HomePod and Sonos speakers for multi-speaker surround sound
Post by: HCK on July 28, 2018, 04:05:22 pm
How to group HomePod and Sonos speakers for multi-speaker surround sound

Thanks to AirPlay 2, they don't need to be used as separate speakers.

Just because you've got a couple of Sonos speakers and a HomePod or two, doesn't mean they have to be used as separate speakers. You can group them in the Home app and play audio from all of them. Here's how.

Which Sonos speakers can be used with HomePod for surround sound?
Update your Sonos speaker for AirPlay 2
Add your Sonos speaker to the Home app
Play all!
Which Sonos speakers can be used with HomePod for surround sound?

If you want to play audio through both your Sonos speakers and one or more HomePods, you'll need at least one Sonos speaker that supports AirPlay 2.

Sonos One
Sonos Beam
Sonos Playbase
Second generation Play:5
If you have one of these AirPlay 2 supported Sonos speakers, you can group it with any non-supported Sonos speakers and play through them along with your HomePod.

Update your Sonos speaker for AirPlay 2

Before you can turn your HomePod and Sonos speakers into surround sound, mak...

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