HomePod has been jailbroken and can be used as a generic Bluetooth speaker

Apple HomePod’s first smart speaker, its function is highly dependent on the use of other Apple products, such as iPhone, Apple TV, and more restrictions than ordinary speakers. Unsurprisingly, some people will want to augment unofficial gameplay through jailbreaking. 9to5Mac reported, titled L1ngL1ng The Checkra1n team successfully hacked HomePod, allowing this speaker to “partially” support third party code.

Simply put, the jailbroken HomePod can play, join and support content not officially allowed by Apple, such as music services, voice assistants, smart home control, etc., and the HomePod’s Bluetooth function can be opened to other Android devices as well for connection.

At the moment, this jailbreak tool is only valid for the original HomePod and the new HomePod Mini cannot be used yet. And everyone should be aware that jailbreaking will lose the product warranty and greatly increase the risk of device hacking, resulting in loss of personal information.