I've got a HomePod in my network. It is available on my MacBook and iPhone and Win10 PC.
But on the Win10 PC it's not available. What is going on?
Both Win10 PC's are on the same WiFi Network.
Both got the latest iTunes version.
The first picture shows the iTunes without AirPlay; the second shows iTunes with Airplay.
HomePod, 13
No, by all means keep experimenting, if you're so inclined. I was only expressing my surprise that it was recognized in the Windows version of iTunes at all, since I didn't think it was supported.
It turns out I was wrong though, I'm sorry about that. Apparently, it should work fine with the latest version from the Microsoft Store, see this link.
Streaming from your devices is more of a secondary function in the HomePod in the first place though. Even the Mac version of iTunes is finicky with streaming over Wi-Fi (though if you have newer iOS devices those should work fine, IME). It's best suited to stream directly from the internet connection it has, from the Apple servers using your Apple Music subscription of iCloud music library.
(This is what it tries to do even when you stream "from your device." It gets the item you want to play, position, etc., and streams it directly from the cloud if possible. Obviously if it is not iTunes content, it will stream from the device which is the only available source.)
You should definitely contact Apple support if you have made sure you have iTunes 12.9 or later and you cannot get this to work. Again, I apologize for the misinformation, I assumed it wasn't compatible because the material for HomePod doesn't mention PC support, but the PC iTunes troubleshooting manual had a section on HomePod on it.
No, by all means keep experimenting, if you're so inclined. I was only expressing my surprise that it was recognized in the Windows version of iTunes at all, since I didn't think it was supported.
It turns out I was wrong though, I'm sorry about that. Apparently, it should work fine with the latest version from the Microsoft Store, see this link.
Streaming from your devices is more of a secondary function in the HomePod in the first place though. Even the Mac version of iTunes is finicky with streaming over Wi-Fi (though if you have newer iOS devices those should work fine, IME). It's best suited to stream directly from the internet connection it has, from the Apple servers using your Apple Music subscription of iCloud music library.
(This is what it tries to do even when you stream "from your device." It gets the item you want to play, position, etc., and streams it directly from the cloud if possible. Obviously if it is not iTunes content, it will stream from the device which is the only available source.)
You should definitely contact Apple support if you have made sure you have iTunes 12.9 or later and you cannot get this to work. Again, I apologize for the misinformation, I assumed it wasn't compatible because the material for HomePod doesn't mention PC support, but the PC iTunes troubleshooting manual had a section on HomePod on it.
I have been looking around this discussion group at similar problems (Airplay not working).
I finally seem to have fixed it in this way:
This worked for me!
Well, this worked for about half an hour... :-( After that I tried to change the volume using the PC. That seemed to work but one minute later the music stopped and I got this message. Sorry, it's Dutch but it means something like "The Airplay Device Woonkamer is not available. Check the Network Preferences en the Airplay-configuration or select a different Device in the Airplay Menu".
That's it, Folks. This is just hopeless. It's so depressing!
They're not known to work with iTunes on PC, do you maybe have an older iOS device that might pull the HomePod into advertising airplay v1 over the network for a minute, then disappear once you put it away?
Reinstalled it; Firewall is open to iTunes, iTunes is authorized on the machine. Still nog Airplay.
Thanx for reacting, Ted.
Do you think I should give up trying to stream to my HomePod from my Windows iTunes?
I only have recent iOS devices, I'm afraid...
HomePod/Airplay not available/working in iTunes for Win10
