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RSS FeedsThis software architect built a device that gives HomePod Bluetooth support
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20 march 2018 23:30:05

 
This software architect built a device that gives HomePod Bluetooth support
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What do you do when you want line-in and Bluetooth support on your HomePod? If you`re Andrew Faden, you build a workaround. HomePod was built to sound great. It boasts a double-whammy of Apple-engineered audio technology and advanced software, allowing it to deliver impressive, high-fidelity sound that fills a space pretty well no matter where you put it. What it wasn`t built for, however, was use with Bluetooth or a line-in — it`s limited to Apple Music and AirPlay only. Not the biggest issue if you only use Apple devices, but what if you want to play audio from another source, like a turntable? If you`re software architect Andrew Faden, you build your own solution. Faden`s workaround, which he calls `BabelPod,` acts as a sort of translator between outside audio devices and your HomePod speaker. Using a $30 Raspberry Pi Zero W kit, a $9 USB audio adapter, and software Faden wrote himself, the little hardware hack takes audio input from line-in or Bluetooth and outputs i...


 
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