[iOS] Implement Native HomePod Support

[robotoman22]

Details

Just this week at WWDC (June 22, 2020), Apple announced support for third party music services on the HomePod.  I'm requesting that Spotify implement native support for the HomePod such that one or even multiple HomePods will appear in the "Connect to a device" menu on any Apple device WITHOUT having to connect through Airplay.  This will also allow users to ask Siri to play songs from Spotify on their HomePod(s). 

Apple is opening up the HomePod, and I know there are many other HomePod users that would love to have native Spotify support on their speaker. 

Resources

• WWDC 2020 video and further resources about this topic: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10061
• More details on this site: https://developer.apple.com/siri/
• Form to request music service integration from Apple: https://developer.apple.com/contact/request/sirikit-media-intent-for-homepod

Please upvote this idea to garner attention for it.  Thank you Spotify and the Spotify community.  Let's get this implemented so it's ready for general iOS 14 release this September!

[StanBoyet]

I'm on the verge of dropping Spotify to Apple Music even though their UX sucks just to have a good enough support on Homepod... Please update and let me stay in the Spotify ecosystem 🙏

[ENOX]

you know Spotify isn't a profitable company, but yeah sure ignore the complaints and let users leave to Apple Music 😅

I was a big fan and even hold shares on the stock market. This is exactly the behavior the public can sue a CEO for. Please implement the HomePod support -.-

[romibaloni]

Spotify is not getting the point here. Instead of serving their customers what they want and need, they whine about Apple and how they try to "kill" their competitors and how unfair everything is.

They launched a whole WEBSITE against Apple and yet fail to support AirPlay 2. What is going on here?

Invest your time and skills and money in AirPlay 2 which has an OPEN API for 3 years now. Crazy...

I'm very glad I left Spotify just in time. (3 years ago)

[kevinbal]

Come on, this is just laughable at this point. You're a music streaming service and yet you don't support direct play on a major home speaker platform? Put your pettiness aside and make it happen.

[Ludwig70]

Because I have 8 Homepods I subscribed to Apple Music (besides my Spotify Family account). But I would skip that right away when Spotify connect om homepod comes available. Much more reliable than Airplay (1 or 2) which lead tot dropouts on a busy party…

Pleasy Spotify, I don’t wanna migrate with all my famiky members to Apple Music: we want Spotify Connect 🙏

[starkprime]

So you are telling me these providers jumped on the homepod bandwagon, and Spotify can't take like a single week to just write a couple lines of code to make this possible? SMH.

• Pandora
• Deezer
• TuneIn Radio
• iHeartRadio

I'd like to know how much it's really gonna cost Spotify to implement this and Airplay 2 other than dedicating resources.

[MitchP]

So Apple has allowed this and now despite your complaints that they weren’t playing fair and citing this as an example, you have yet to enhance your customer experience by adding HomePod support? So which is it? We’re they being unfair to you or did you just feel like getting some press by complaining about something you had no intention of implementing?

[kelondiro]

If anyone is looking for alternatives to be able to use Homepod properly, please share wiht me.

I'm looking at:

• Apple Music.
• Pandora.

(Being Spotify customer 14 years and bringing my family into it, Spotify has frustrated me)

[Loixl_]

Just implement it. Your actions or better the lack of it are in no way customer-oriented and is frankly a joke / laugh in our faces.  I'm just too lazy to switch to another streaming client right now, but I'm considering it more and more. 

[tryingtothink]

Apple works for me since I simply want to ask for something. Mostly it
finds it. As for more advanced features I don't know.