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Title: HomePod update adds multi-user support, ambient sounds, Handoff, and sleep timers
Post by: HCK on October 30, 2019, 04:05:13 pm
HomePod update adds multi-user support, ambient sounds, Handoff, and sleep timers

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<p>Apple released iOS 13.2 today. HomePod uses a sort of customized version of iOS, and is updated through the Home app (https://www.macworld.com/article/3259388/how-to-update-your-homepod.html) on an associated iPhone. So HomePod updates are often associated with iOS updates, and the HomePod update that comes with iOS 13.2 is particularly impactful. </p><p>Editor's note: Apple has pulled the iOS 13.2 update for HomePod (https://www.macworld.com/article/3449239/apple-warns-homepod-users-of-potentially-fatal-ios-13-2-flaw.html). We will update this article when Apple reissues the update.</p><p>This update brings several of the features that Apple has long promised for its smart speaker, and which its competitors have enjoyed for years. The official release notes lists them quite concisely:</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3448600/homepod-update-adds-multi-user-support-ambient-sounds-handoff-and-sleep-timers.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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