Airplay 2 Update Brings Stereo Pairing, Multi-Room Audio to Apple’s Homepod

Apple’s latest iOS update brings a bunch of new features to the company’s Homepod smart speaker: iOS 11.4, as the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system is officially called, finally makes it possible to pair two Homepod speakers in stereo mode.That’s thanks to a major update for Airplay, the company’s wireless media sharing technology. Airplay 2 also makes it possible to stream the same song to multiple Homepods, or other Airplay 2-compatible speakers, around the home – a feature that’s also known as multi-room audio.Apple first announced those features when it introduced the Homepod at its WWDC conference last June. However, the Homepod didn’t support stereo pairing or multi-room audio when it launched in February.