tsschwarz

MacPro said:

I was looking for that too, is there somewhere that you read that explicitly stated or is it lack of mentioning it that makes you say that?  I'll be ordering one anyway but was so hoping to be able to use it for the TV as well.  I was assuming in the Apple TV settings you would just select the HomePod as the output source the same way you can select Bluetooth headphones.

I don't know this for sure but I am wondering if they are referring to the devices that are required to set it up. If you think about it all the devices listed could be used to set it up. Once it is set up as long as it does BlueTooth why would it be limited to just those devices.  We will know better after they hit the wild but I am thinking that list of compatible devices is the list of devices that can be used to setup the HomePod.

I'll be ordering mine on Friday.

Makes sense to me as these companies will mine even more data about you and share it back and forth so if you have these devices say goodbye to even more privacy. Remember these devices are always listening and no matter what Amazon or Microsoft say if they can respond to what is on Radio or TV they are always listening not only when you say "Alexa" or "Cortana". Apple made a specific point to cover that point at the HomePod unveiling that it will only open an encrypted channel back to Apple when it hears "Hey Siri" and as far as what I've heard it won't be constantly sending data back to Apple to respond to Radio or TV information.