August 2019 • Macworld 91FEATUREPeople Sharing This Home. Choose what’s best. If
you really want to be hardcore, there’s an option to
set a password as well.
- Enjoy stereo sound with two HomePods
If you have two HomePods, you can sync them so
both of them act as the left and right speakers of
a traditional speaker system. When you’re setting
up a new HomePod and you assign it to the same
room as an existing HomePod, you’ll get a message
asking if you want to turn them into a stereo pair.
Say yes and you’re done. - Keep others from messing up
your Apple Music recommendations
If your HomePod is shared in a household, there’s
a good chance that friends or family members with
different tastes can mess up your personalized
Apple Music playlists. This same setting allows
friends on Apple Music to see music that you’ve
recently listened to. Thankfully, you can turn that
off. Open the Home app, then hold your finger down
on the icon for the HomePod for a few seconds.
Click Settings in the bottom right of the new menu
that pops up. In the next menu, untoggle the setting
that says Use Listening History under the Music &
Podcasts section. And you’re done. - Keep explicit content
from being played on your HomePod
This is especially helpful if you have children. It’s
basically the same step as above, but you’re just