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AirPlay 2, macOS, and the limits of the HomePod

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<p>At $349 each, you’ll pay a pretty price to get two HomePods (https://www.macworld.com/article/3254179/consumer-electronics/apple-homepod-review.html) and pair them to work as stereo speakers. The stereo feature relies on AirPlay 2 (https://www.macworld.com/article/3237660/ios/airplay-2-faq-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-which-devices-support-it.html), which Apple pushed out to iOS, Apple TV, and HomePod in May 2018, after a long delay.</p><p>You’ll note I didn’t list macOS. That’s related to the question I received from Macworld reader Mikael. He paired his two HomePods for stereo sound, and cannot figure out how to access them from macOS as a single stereo audio destination. The reason? It’s currently not possible. (See <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208728#airplay2" rel="nofollow">Apple’s system requirements[/url] list for AirPlay 2.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3298857/apple-homepod/airplay-2-macos-and-the-limits-of-the-homepod.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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