How to Play Music on HomePod without Subscribing to Apple Music

By Sarah ConnorUpdated on April 27, 2018

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Summary:

Read this simple guide to learn how to convert and play Apple Music on HomePod without subscription.

“Can I play Apple Music on a HomePod without an Apple Music subscription? I want to enjoy the music for offline playing via HomePod since the audio quality of HomePod is so well. Any advice?”

HomePod is a powerful speaker that sounds amazing and adapts to wherever it’s playing. It’s the ultimate music authority, bringing together Apple Music and Siri to learn your taste in music. It’s also an intelligent home assistant, capable of handling everyday tasks – and controlling your smart home. HomePod takes the listening experience to a whole new level. HomePod allow you to play music with Wi-Fi or AirPlay connection.

To be honest, if you want to play Apple Music on a HomePod, then you will need to play Apple Music online under the subscription, it means that you can’t play Apple Music on a HomePod directly like the local music files. Why?Whilst HomePod works best with an Apple Music subscription, allowing users to ask Siri to play any of the 40 million tracks in the Apple Music catalog, it does not require a subscription to function. We have learned that the HomePod can play content purchased from iTunes, stream Beats 1, and listen to podcasts without needing a subscription.

If you add music to your home iTunes library that was not acquired through a purchase, HomePod will not be able to access it. It appears HomePod doesn’t have Home Sharing, which would enable that kind of feature. So if you want to play Apple Music on a HomePod, you should convert Apple Music to common MP3 local music files, save it on Mac, or transfer it to an iPhone, then play the music on HomePod after connecting device to it via Wi-Fi or AirPlay. To complete the Apple Music conversion with the best way, Apple Music Converter comes to help.

Apple Music Converter is good to convert Apple Music to local music files with MP3 or other common audio formats(M4A, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4R, MKA) by removing DRM protected from Apple Music, then you could save the files on Mac or iPhone, then playing the converted Apple Music on HomePod without subscription after connecting device to it via Wi-Fi or AirPlay. It keep original audio quality for converted files, convert songs with fast speed. What’ more, this powerful program also features iTunes Music/Audiobook Converter, removes DRM from any song, audiobook that can be played with iTunes.

How to Convert Apple Music to Local Files for HomePod

Step 1 Import Apple Music M4P Music

Before you get started, please make sure you have add the Apple Music on iTunes first. After running it on the computer, you can click the “Add Files” button from the bottom left of the software to browse and import the files from iTunes media library.

Step 2Setting Output Format as MP3

For converting Apple Music to local files for playing on HonePod, you can simply select the output format as “MP3”. Besides, you can also setting the conversion speed and other parameter of converted music.

Step 3Start Apple Music Conversion

When all settings are ready, you can click the “Convert” button to start the Apple Music conversion simply. All the selected files will be converted to MP3 files after converting.

Step 4Connect Device to HomePod and Play Music
Once the conversion finish, you can save the output music files on Mac, or transfer the files to iPhone, then playing the music without subscription after connecting Mac/iPhone with HomePod via Wi-Fi or AirPlay.

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