Hi all and thanks for your responses.
I finally got to the bottom of this issue in this article from Mac
rumours see below.
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/01/homepod-live-radio-requests-no-bbc-in-uk/
I can get other stations but it seems somewhat hit and miss, I think I
will be returning my Homepod as a waste of space!
Gary
On 30/12/2019 16:42, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
And here again the link for that support article since the one Jim
provided got mangled:
Listen to broadcast radio on iPhone - Apple Support
<https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/ipha562cea63/ios>
I just tried this on my iPhone 8 asking SIRI the following examples:
Play BBC radio – SIRI said now playing BBC radio 1
Play CBC radio – SIRI said now playing CBC 1
Play Country 105 (I said it as 1 O 5) – SIRI played it, it’s a country
station from Calgary
Play CHFI – SIRI said now playing 98.1 CHFI radio
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
Peter Logan
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:44 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
No, you don't need the Tune In app ...
Yes, I do this all the time. You do sometimes need to ask a couple of
different ways to get what you want. I tried BBC 1 and got it just
fine ..
Hey Siri, play BBC 1
-----Original Message-----
From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 7:57 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
Hi,
I tried this but it didn't work on either my Homepod or Iphone.
Just wondered if I need the tune in radio app installed on my phone.
Have you actually got Siri to play radio stations on your phone or
Homepod?
Gary
On 30/12/2019 12:27, Jim Fettgather wrote:
> Try saying to your Homepod, Play BBC Radio.
> You do not need to be subscribed to Apple Music for this feature to
> work in IOS 13 with iPhone or HomePod, but sometimes Siri is a bit
> finicky on complying with your request, depending on how you ask for
> the station.
> It is of course critical that your Homepod be updated to the latest
> software as well.
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: 'Gary Robinson' via VIPhone
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 5:05 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Apple music, tune in radio and Homepod
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I was browsing the web the other day and thought I saw mention that
> IOS
> 13 for the Homepod brought with it access to radio stations like tune
> in radio etc.
>
> I have just acquired a Homepod and thought I would see if I could
> access mainstream radio stations but without any success. I did see
> one commercial station in the radio section on my music app on my
> phone but couldn't get to anything else.
>
> My question is do I need to have an Apple music subscription to gain
> access to all these new stations?
>
> At the end of the day all I want to do is to be able to say "hey Siri
> play BBC Radio 2..." just as I can with my Echo.
>
> Before anyone responds I know I could stream stations from the BBC
> sounds app to my Homepod but this is unecessarily cumbersome when
> compared to just asking directly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Gary
>
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