Multi–room audio & video
Boom! Shake the room with these home entertainers
If you add HomePods to an Apple TV setup, you’ll be asked if you want to use them as your Apple TV’s audio output.
ONE OF OUR very favorite things about Apple–compatible smart home technology is how entertaining it is —and we mean that literally. Being able to stream music from your Mac, iPad or iPhone to your home hi–fi, or to have different music playing in different rooms, is a real boon for music lovers, and being able to AirPlay video from your iPhone or mirror your iPad’s screen when you’re gaming is effortless on AirPlay– enabled TVs.
As you’d expect, while there are some great options here from third–party manufacturers, Apple’s own hardware is often the easiest to set up and use with the other Apple hardware you have at home; it’s really easy to stream to a set of HomePods or send different songs from Apple Music to HomePod minis scattered around your home. And we’re also big fans of the Apple TV 4K, which has a much nicer interface than most TV apps and which brings the power of Siri and iCloud to your home entertainment setup.