> It's stupid that you have to stream for a phone in the first place when you could have something connected to power act as a local server and not deplete the battery from your phone (and enjoy the unreliability of wifi on top).
You aren’t streaming from your phone? I was under the impression that HomePods only stream phone calls. Media is accessed by the HomePod itself, and your phone either gets updates from it on what is playing or your phone is telling it what to play. Evidenced by if you disconnect wifi on your phone the HomePod will continue the current song without your device.
You aren’t streaming from your phone? I was under the impression that HomePods only stream phone calls. Media is accessed by the HomePod itself, and your phone either gets updates from it on what is playing or your phone is telling it what to play. Evidenced by if you disconnect wifi on your phone the HomePod will continue the current song without your device.