iOS 10 device capable of streaming to HomePod using AirPlay?

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iOS 10 device capable of streaming to HomePod using AirPlay?

I'm interested in buying HomePod. But I couldn't find an answer to this question yet.

I understand HomePod only works with iOS 11 devices which automatically rules out iPhone 5 and older models. I have a last year's iPad Pro I can use for the initial setup of HomePod. But after that, I want to use my old iPhone 5 running on iOS 10 to stream mp3 files stored there to HomePod. Is this basically possible?

I also have AppleTV and I can AirPlay anything to AppleTV from my old iPhone 5. But since I don't have HomePod yet, I can't test this.

Thank you for your help in advance.

Posted on Feb 26, 2018 9:38 PM

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turingtest2

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Feb 27, 2018 8:49 AM in response to eundong

I'm not at home for a definitive test, but HomePod - Technical Specifications says that setup requirements are an iOS device running iOS 11.2.5 or better. There is a footnote to the Direct Guest Access entry that states:

Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) with OS X Yosemite or later, or an iOS device (late 2012 or later) with iOS 8 or later.

So one would expect any device that matches that description to be able to use HomePod as an AirPlay target.

tt2

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eundong Author

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Feb 27, 2018 9:01 AM in response to turingtest2

Thank you, turingtest2, for the clarification. It would be highly appreciated if you can test this later using any of your old devices you possibly have.

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