Except that if you want the Move to do things other than play music, you'll have to use Alexa. That may not matter to you, but I prefer not to, so would rather control everything using Siri. Cheers, Donna
> On Dec 1, 2019, at 6:33 PM, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Donna and all, > > The more I hear these issues with home pod you guys have, > The more I think I'd rather have the sonos move which is their version of the > home pod > > I've not heard of any issues with the move and or sonos as yet so what the > hell are apple doing? > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, 2 December 2019 11:25 AM > To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com> > Subject: Anyone know how Shortcuts are supposed to work on the HomePod? > > So in my quest to get my HomePod to play requested albums, I decided to try > and create shortcuts for specific albums I'm unable to get the HomePod to > play. The shortcut works fine from my Phone, but the HomePod completely > fails to recognize it. In trying to figure out why, I initiated a shortcut > that I had created previously to play a specific radio station on TuneIn > Radio that I like. When I did, Siri said I needed to turn on personal > shortcuts. I went into the Home app, and sure enough they were turned off, > so I turned them on. I then went back to my HomePod and tried to initialize > the shortcut. Siri responded by saying, "You'll need to continue from your > iPhone." WTF? I thought shortcuts were supposed to work on the HomePod if > your phone was nearby. So does anyone know if shortcuts actually are > supposed to work on the HomePod? Are there any limitations I should know > about? > TIA, > Donna > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6BA63C2A-ABCD-4702-A972-C18D6A1E31A1%40me.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB2987B4D009114F94EE1E5E8F8A430%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/90FE3F48-2F02-4EF1-AB9C-22A7405E301A%40me.com.
