Author: Craig Lloyd / Source: howtogeek.com
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is finally here. If you bought one and are eager to get going, here’s how to set it up.
First off, before you even think about taking it out of the box, you need an iPhone or iPad in order to set one up, and your device needs to be updated to at least iOS 11.
2.5. Furthermore, you’ll want to make sure that the Home app and Apple Music app are both installed on your device, since the former is needed to customize and adjust settings for the HomePod, while the latter is required during setup.Once you plug in the HomePod, a white light will begin circling on the display, followed by a short bass tone. From there, the white light will begin to oscillate and it’ll be ready to set up.
Make sure you are near the HomePod and have your iPhone or iPad (with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on). Unlock your device to get to the home screen and you should see an automatic pop-up to set up the HomePod. Tap on “Set Up” at the bottom.
Hit “Continue”.
Next, select where you’ll put the HomePod and then hit “Continue”.
After that, you can subscribe to Apple Music, since it’s the only music service that you can voice control with the HomePod. However, it’s not required that you subscribe to it. So if you choose not to, just tap “Not Now”. (If you get a blank white screen here, it’s probably because
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