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Sun Dec 31, 2017 9:37 am
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Different Computers
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I'm really looking forward to HomePod, even though I have a whole house audio solution. Partly because the one place audio isn't quite what I want is also an excellent place for an always-on Siri.
But I think I'm really close to whole-house HomePod for now, and of course for not knowing exactly what HomePod will do. Much to my surprise, my old iPad Mini 1 running iOS 9 still interacts with HomeKit even though it can't run the Home app, so I have room-level voice rec in our great room. My wife and I pretty much *always* carry our iPhones and we both have Apple Watches, so we can voice control most anywhere--though my wife essentially never does this.
Hopefully AirPlay II will play nicely with AirFoil! I've only been using AirFoil for about 10 days, but it has made a big difference in the reliability and expandability of my system. Where before I would have had to put a dedicated AirPort Express in order to have reliable audio, I can now repurpose any of 3-4 old iOS devices as audio sources. (Though my experience with Fire tablets as Android clients, or any Android client on any device for that matter, has been very poor.)
I haven't tried Sonos with AirFoil because I don't have one, but if you can cast to it or AirPlay to it, it should integrate.
SmartThings refugee, so happy to be on Indigo. Monterey on a base M1 Mini w/Harmony Hub, Hue, DomoPad, Dynamic URL, Device Extensions, HomeKitLink, Grafana, Plex, uniFAP, Fantastic Weather, Nanoleaf, LED Simple Effects, Bond Home, Camect.