[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!

[viettpp]

As an audiophile I really love Spotify, and have been a long term subscriber of your premium service.

I also support you in your fight for an even playground with Apple, but nowadays it seems like you're all talk and no action.

In your campaign Time to Play Fair (link below) you're complaining about Apple's walled garden and that you're not allowed to make an Apple Watch App and aren't allowed on the HomePod and Siri and it's therefore Apple's fault that your customers are missing out.

But in all honesty this fight has nothing to do with your customers because you don't care about us (it took you 2 years after Apple allowed you on the Apple Watch before you even bothered and 7 years before you bothered making an Apple TV app).

Time to Play Fair is grand, but as Apple's walled garden is comming down, in the end it has and will always be about the 30% fee (money) which your camping has been about. Do you even care about us the customers?

Waiting the next 7 years for you to get on the HomePod doesn't sound that appealing tbh.

https://www.timetoplayfair.com/timeline/

[LouBen3010]

Great comment.
Spotify was always complaining about Apple and their policies but as soon as they open up the HomePod ecosystem (by providing a nice API) Spotify gets surprisingly silent about it.

As a streaming service I would love to tell my customers: "Hey, subscribe to my super-duper-plan where you can use all streaming devices you want".

But nah.. Not making enough money with it I guess..

[tryingtothink]

Yes. As I said a while back, rich but want to be richer. Coca Cola I was
once told perceived the public as a conduit down which their product was
poured. Not dissimilar here. Not that is much different to other big tech.

[kenron]

I just got some HomePod minis and am quite happy with them but Spotify you need to implement this! I may consider a switch to Apple Music, which I would hate to do but it seems like you're disregarding this idea and I won't wait forever.

[boisnard]

Décevant !

Pas d'infos de la part de Spotify, même pas de réponses aux nombreuses demandes !

[Marrekk]

With the latest homepodOS 14.4 using U1, it's not that bad. Just hold my phone near homepod and it switches from iPhone to Homepod and actually, Spotify seems to be working even better than Apple Music (lol). Sadly it's still going through AirPlay. 

And if Spotify brings native support for Homepod then it would be amazing! C'mon guys! 

[tonglil]

STOP DRAGGING YOUR FEET.

Other providers have shown this is possible.

You are demonstrating the kind of customer unfriendly position and hubris that have taken down giants in the past.

[tryingtothink]

Tried it. Thanks for posting. Worked well. Good compromise for now.

[user-removed]

The most important issue is that spotify does not support airplay2, it goes through airplay1 which has delay, dropouts, and drains the battery of the idevice like crazy, previously with standard handoff worked almost the same than with the u1 (which the std homepod does not have). if they implement at least airplay2 (ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER CMON SPOTIFY) all my concerns will be solved, I actually use apple music over Airplay2 on the homepod rather than with the integrated player, but spotify does not support it and it works bad.

[bolius]

It's sad but I really consider the switch to Apple Music (even though Spotify is a lot better). I purchased two HomePod Minis and now using Spotify feels like a real drawback... Like dishwashing by hand with a dishwasher standing right next to me...
AirPlay1 drains my devices batteries far too much and there are other drawbacks I was able to ignore before like not being able to save offline music on AppleWatch. Spotify you missed too much opportunities and it doesn't even seem to change soon (based on the experiences with AppleWatch and AirPlay2 support...). You push your customers away...

Whats even worse: I'm having a supriseingly good experience with my Apple Music Trial on iOS 14 so far (well, I expected a much worse experience to be fair). And with AppleOne it's extremely tempting to move to AppleMusic (also, it would be a lot cheaper to provide a whole family with music whilst getting some goodies like games, shows and online-storage). What I'm saying is: Apple got much more appealing with it's useful technical features, which Spotify could have implemented already, as well as with all the extra services included. 

I still do hope that Spotify is implementing at least the HomePod support before my Apple Music trial ends in 4 Months, else there's a customer unfortunately forced to switch to the competitor.