[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!

[tryingtothink]

I think that could be it.

[julio210596]

Please, don’t make us switch to Apple Music 

[7siwzoy-ms_gg]

I did switch to AM. Spotify was better but if you don’t want to listen we do not either!

[jcrash]

Hey Spotify, I know you don't like Apple but this is only hurting your own company. Spotify is cool and all, but Homepods are cooler. I might have to switch to apple music.

[varun_malik]

This needs to be implemented asap

[homepoduseronsp0tify]

Apple allows this to work.

Spotify doesn‘t care.

That is the problem.
Ignoring this feature request further on will bring me to cancel my Spotify subscription and changing to Apple Music.
For me there has never been a reason to do so, but now there is.

[Braukurs]

Can we please get an update on this? I would love to see this feature and use it on my home pod mini.

[CakeMixCore]

roalddijkstra
I turn off the "Hey Siri" command on all my devices. So I had to press the top of the pod to activate. I also did not add the phrase "on Spotify", cause I was just assuming that a million euro company, would have figured that stuff out years ago. I was saying something like "Play my favourite/liked songs".

I was not able to replicate this situation (restart Pod/Phone, reset the Pod (I was not able to downgrade it tho!)), and as far as I know, I am the only one that has reported that experience. I am considering that I might be hallucinating. When I now put in the phrase "Play my favourite/liked songs", it just yells back that this is not in my AM lib...

[homepoduseronsp0tify]

So I would love to see an update from Spotify. I absolutely hate changing to AM but there's no way out.

[homepoduseronsp0tify]

I wrote an email to Spotify in which I have now asked them for a status update.