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The Apple HomePod Smart Speaker Has Been Jailbroken

Posted November 20, 2020 at 4:09pm by iClarified · 7484 views
The Apple HomePod smart speaker has been jailbroken using checkra1n.

The achievement was announced by Twitter user @_L1ngL1ng:

Hello Homepod, meet checkra1n.
Huge thanks to @DanyL931 for helping to get this running.


DanyL, who is on the checkra1n team, tweeted:

Some commits are just better than others:
"we are running on expensive speakers now.."


Huge shoutout for @_L1ngL1ng_ who made this possible, I only added 2 lines of code to make checkra1n accept it :-)

A jailbreak allows applications not permitted by Apple to be run. For example, a third party music service, a different assistant, etc. No word yet on when/if this HomePod jailbreak will be released to the public.

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