August 2019 • Macworld 93FEATUREspeaker” and every HomePod will start cranking
out mazurkas. Alternatively, you can tell Siri to only
play the music through specific speakers, such as
‘the Living Room’.
You can also manually adjust multi-room
HomePod support by going to Control Centre and
long-pressing the tile for the song that’s playing.
In the menu that pops up, you can select which
HomePods should be playing the music and you
can adjust their volumes. It’s surprisingly simple.
- Protect your furniture
from the dreaded white ring
I can say from experience that the white silicone
pad under the HomePod does, in fact, leave a white
ring on some surfaces. To protect these services,
put a coaster or something underneath the speaker.
Some companies even make specialized coasters if
you want to go nuts, and we’ve got a few whimsical
solutions of our own.