[APP][Pro] Apple TV & HomePod

I just have been able to add my 1st Gen HomePod too. So now all my AppleTV’s and HomePods are connected.

Happy New Year and thanks @BasMilius

@Max_N @Nils_Kijkuit Great news! Glad that it works now.

I’ll work on it again next year, so no updates today, besides the one I just released..

Happy New Year!

With the latest version all of the HomePods are working now. Nice!

Only now I have a problem with one of the Apple TV’s.

Hi All, I am trying to create flow that will allow me to watch the morning news via the NLZiet app on my AppleTV. It can be just like starting the AppleTV, Launching NLZiet and starting the livestream of channel (NPO1 or RTL4).

So far Gemini and myself have not been able to get past the fact that apparently a lot of AppleTV apps ignore URLs like nlziet://live/npo1.

The alternative approach by launching the NLZiet app and firing a number of command to start the specific livestream is very unreliable as the layout of the app are dynamic and depending on where you left te app the previous day.

I even tried a Siri shortcut to start the app on my phone and then Airplaying it to my AppleTV. Also does not work for the same reasons.

Any suggestions?

In version 1.0.12 I’m seeing grouped HomePod (minis) as separate devices, while in an earlier version it showed the group as one device.
To me adding them as separate devices doesn’t really make sense so I hope there’s a solution for this.

And a question; Is it on the roadmap to look into grouping? It would be very useful if we could add/remove or group HomePods by using flows.
(In that case adding the HomePods as separate devices does make sense :wink: )

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Just added the following after installing the app

  • Apple TV 4K
  • Homepod (OG) 2x
  • Homepod Mini 2x

Everything connected without a problem and is doing its thing
My two homepods are now seperate, when they are actually a stereo pair

I am normally using the ziggo app on the appletv and get the sound over eArc to the HomePods (as the ziggo app is the only app not supporting airplay) .. gonna be fun playing around with it

Still can’t add HomePod minis here. Did a fresh install of the app this morning and tried to add a HomePod mini. The minis get discovered fine but then the add step gets stuck loading and eventually (several minutes later) times out. I sent a diagnostic: 471b2b78-9476-40ee-a6fa-4bdb3d7104a8

Thank you very much for creating this app! Is there a reason why it seems like I can’t execute a flow when I switched the Apple TV off using the remote control of my iPhone (it switches the TV off as well). ? I am getting a device disconnected

I have a flow in the Apple home app that turns on a radio station in the morning, all homepods are playing over airplay together.. from the Homey app i can change volume on every speaker seperately, and pause and continue playing all of them by only controlling one speaker

When i have playing something on the AppleTV, i can pause any speaker seperately, which basicely turns off the sound but I cant turn them back on anymore.. I have to do this with my iPhone by turning off and on the airplay selection so it starts playing again

When doing anything, it shows the device as being disconnected for a short moment. More fun testing to be done, so far.. i’m happy

Hi all, I’m on a little holiday in Norway, Tromsø. Updates are a little slower, I have my laptop with me and planning to work in the evenings a bit. From the 7th and onward it will be on full speed again :slightly_smiling_face:

Happy New Year!

PS I’ll repond to all messages later!

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Hi Bas,

First of all, thank you for creating this app. I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time! I know it’s not fully finished yet, but I do have a feature request. In the “AND” column, I’m missing an option for Apple TV like “AND the currently playing app is …”.

The flow I want to create is: IF the doorbell rings AND the currently playing app is Pathé/Netflix, THEN press pause. I don’t want it to pause every time, only when certain apps are playing.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
Niek

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Sorry, for my doesn’t works. I’m trying to add my HomePod mini but app remains on loading…

Hi Bas,

Allthough my Homey recognizes my devices, I don’t seem able to connect with the homepods, or get e Pin on my Apple TV. All are on the same network so no VLAN and everyone is enabled in the setings. What can I try to fix this?

Hi first thanks for the app.

I am trying to conect an Apple TV to homey when I clcick on add Apple TV it shows my Apple TV the I click on it and it say to input the code I see on my Apple TV screen but there is no code on it. I try on 2 different Apple TV and it happen the same don’t know if I am missing something maybe having a setting amable or something ?

@Matteo_Foroni @Sam_Coussens @Casi_22 Can you guys please try again on the latest version and send a diagnostics report right after? Please also tell me which Apple TV and HomePod models you’re trying to pair.

@uNiiek Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll add that to my todo list for after my little vacation :slight_smile:

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SOLVED

I had password/accesscode enabled. Everything went fine as soon as I disabled it.

disable accesscode and it will work

try disabling accesscode

Great! I’m working on adding a pairing view before the actual pairing process that explains that this is a requirement. Thanks for reporting anyway :slight_smile:

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