{"id":30575,"date":"2020-06-23T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2613966"},"modified":"2020-06-23T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T18:10:00","slug":"apple-invites-homepod-owners-to-test-beta-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/23\/apple-invites-homepod-owners-to-test-beta-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple invites HomePod owners to test beta update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN-451.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hero\" class=\"col-sm-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/36359-67553-200622-HomePod-Beta-xl.jpg\" alt=\"article thumbnail\" width=\"683\" height=\"381\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-social\" class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"social-share reddit col-xs-2\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share col-xs-2\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Apple on Monday invited existing HomePod owners to test an upcoming software update through the company&#8217;s AppleSeed beta program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Sent to select users via email, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylesethgray\/status\/1275176530319036416?s=20\">invitation<\/a>&nbsp;does not specify what features, bug fixes or improvements are being tested as part of the initiative. According to social media posts, users who decide to participate in the AppleSeed program must agree to confidentiality agreements and limit discussions about the software to official feedback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>The HomePod beta release is the first to be offered to AppleSeed members. Previous incarnations of HomePod software were restricted to in-house evaluation. The beta is not part of Apple&#8217;s public or developer beta programs and is being offered only to select AppleSeed participants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>HomePod played a minor role in Apple&#8217;s WWDC keynote on Monday. The smart speaker was mentioned in a brief presentation about the Home app&#8217;s new facial recognition feature, which can parse video feeds from a HomeKit-enabled camera to detect the faces of people who are tagged in the Photos app. For example, when a door camera recognizes a face, HomePod can announce who is at the door.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Apple elsewhere teased an upcoming feature that will allow HomePod users to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/06\/22\/homepod-to-support-third-party-music-streaming-services\">replace Apple Music<\/a>&nbsp;with a third-party music streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>As with other beta software, Apple recommends testers install the HomePod beta on non-critical hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylesethgray\/status\/1275176530319036416?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylesethgray\/status\/1275176530319036416?s=20<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> AppleInsider Staff<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> AppleInsider Staff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN-451.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Apple on Monday invited existing HomePod owners to test an upcoming software update through the company&rsquo;s AppleSeed beta program. Sent to select users via email, the&nbsp;invitation&nbsp;does not specify what features, bug fixes or improvements are being tested as part of the initiative. According to social media posts, users who decide to participate in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/23\/apple-invites-homepod-owners-to-test-beta-update\/\">Continue reading <span>Apple invites HomePod owners to test beta update<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/23\/apple-invites-homepod-owners-to-test-beta-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple invites HomePod owners to test beta update - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/23\/apple-invites-homepod-owners-to-test-beta-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple invites HomePod owners to test beta update - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Apple on Monday invited existing HomePod owners to test an upcoming software update through the company&rsquo;s AppleSeed beta program. 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