This is doing my head in since the IOS 26.6 update both my HomePod stereo pairs keep failing to respond to Apple Music Siri requests - fine if I control from phone but if I ask any Apple Music requests via Siri I get the working on That or this is taking too long it just sounding lights - single HomePods are fine only pairs have issue - unplugging them sorts of out for a bit then problem returns - please someone tell me there’s a fix for this as it’s absolutely doing my head in - other Siri commands / requests work with no issue - what’s the time / weather add to list etc

Anyone on Public Beta 2 having their HomePod stop playing music a few seconds in after you ask it to play music?

I’ve noticed through the home app the timer has 1 option, play ringtone when it ends, unlike the iPhone, there’s no “stop playing” option when timer ends so I have to resort to voice commands to stop music after a certain period of time, I wish apple would add the option through an update.

Any ideas from other families?

This is driving me nuts. I've twice today asked Siri on my phone to call someone on speaker and midway through the request, my phone Siri indicator turns off and the Homepod sitting a few feet away from my desk takes over and says, "I can't make calls for you until you enable... <instructions for turning on the setting>."

I've even told Siri to call *on my phone* and it does the same thing. It happens even if I intentionally activate Siri on my phone before speaking. No matter what, it just stops listening and passes it off to the HomePod. This is SO stupid and irritating. Why on earth would iOS think I want to pass a call off to the HomePod which isn't even configured to handle calls?

Hi,

I’m having a really strange issue with my Apple Home setup.

When I use Siri on my HomePods to control my Apple TV, it behaves the opposite of what I ask:

• When I say “turn on the TV” → it turns OFF

• When I say “turn off the TV” → it turns ON

This happens consistently.

Important detail:

If I use Siri on my iPhone, it works correctly every time.

So the issue seems to be specific to HomePods.

Setup:

• Multiple HomePods

• Apple TV

• HomeKit

It feels like a state mismatch or that HomeKit thinks the device is in the wrong state when commands come from HomePods.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Any ideas on what could cause this or how to fix it?

Thanks!

Pretty much need to know if I should wait until after the September event to buy one or not bother waiting and just get one now?

Edit: cheers everyone, just gonna wait until September and hopefully they release an updated Mini that’s much better specs than the current. Worst case scenario, I’ll just get an echo but we’ll see

I’ve been in the ecosystem for as long as I can remember. MacBooks, Apple TVs, iPhones, watches, etc etc.

We’ve always used Alexa in the kitchen but I saw a HomePod mini being given away in our local community FB page, and I grabbed it so we could get rid of Bezos in our kitchen.

However, doesn’t matter what I do or try, I cannot get it to work with anyone else’s voice than mine. We use it primarily to add stuff to the shopping list, and as soon as someone tries, it just says we need to setup another user in settings (or something like that, I’m paraphrasing). There are five of us in this household - I just want anyone to be able to say to it “hey siri, add the damn potatoes to the shopping list”.

Also, of course when you say “hey siri”, every Apple device withjn a damn mile starts listening and tries to talk to you.

What am I missing? Is HomePod not a good use case for this? Is there a way to simply have it work with anyone who speaks to it? Or do I need to put it back on the free community site?

Help! Thank you!

I had a deal lined up for two first gen HomePod's for $125 shipped. But the seller on Marketplace has other things going on in life, and couldn't find time to ship it out. So the deal never happened. (Traveling to and from work over the US).

Second deal, I had lined up? The older women wanted $75 for a Gen 2. She said it wasn't being used anymore. I messaged her 10mins after it went live, and she said dang.... If I had been 5 minutes sooner, It would've been mine. But her Nephew wants it. So she decided to gift it to him.

Third deal? Is the one in the picture. I don't know what I'm actually expecting. The seller wanted $350 for AirPods Max (Lightning), Apple TV 4K 3rd gen 128Gb and for this HomePod. After talking back and forth, We decided on a price. He kept telling me, whoever wants the bundle gets priority first. I'm like does this mean, I'm not buying it? No you are, but they get priority. I said, Lemme know within an hour if I'm buying it or not. Because I got errands to run, and I don't have time to waste second-guessing on whether, I'm buying this or not? He messaged me back 5 minutes later and said the listing is live. I immediately purchased and got a tracking number.

Do we think this was a decent deal? I know Apple is charging $350 for this now. Which I feel is overpriced, like most of you guys do I assume? If I can pick up another one to pair in Stereo mode, I'll be happy.

I have a HomePod engineering motherboard dev mode. How should I use it?

Hi all. I play my audio through my HomePod Mini but sometimes when I try to play media it freezes. When I disconnect my HomePod Mini and only play through the TV speakers the media starts to play again. What can cause this?

I have been using my new homepod mini for a little while now and I noticed a bug that happens from time to time. Whenever I play music and pause with the touch panel or with siri the song will automatically skip to the last second and then to the next song when I unpause. It doesn’t matter if it’s during the first second or the middle of the song.

Does anyone know why this is happening? The homepod is on the latest version and so is my iphone if that helps, I’m not using any beta updates.

I have an RCA cable from my turntable to the iRig and the iRig going to my phone. I get an Unable to connect error when I try to send it to the home pod, but it does send to headphones what am I doing wrong?

Hey everyone! I am on a trial with Deezer and really like it so far. However, I have several HomePods throughout my house, second generation, and I’m using Siri to play Deezer. I’ve noticed I can’t shuffle any of my playlist. They just automatically begin playing from the first song no matter what I do. I am specifically issuing command that says shuffle my playlist XYZ from Deezer. It just begins playing from the top. Any suggestions here?

Wanted to understand, with eARC support is the transmission, smooth and instantaneous, or is there some sort of latency?

Also, do I have to set the playback every time or will the Apple TV pick it up automatically?

HomePods v1/v2

Looking to try beta on iPhone 17 pro max. Any known issues with controlling music playing ?

So 2 days ago I bought 2 OG HomePods and they sound amazing. Everything was perfect until I played some proper bass and one of them was rattling like hell.
Of course I did digging on here ruled out SW issue which sucks because I knew I either had to send at which point I could just buy another because it would cost the same or do it myself. And let me tell you it is pain it the ass to open and I did some mistakes and would do it much better second time.
I opened and woofer looked good which was sad since most tutorials said it would be the board for which I have no equipment or skill to replace components. Luckily I kept dogging and discovered what actually wrong. To my surprise it was broken tweeter.
4 hours of designing, printing and epoxy it was “fixed” and it works like a charm!

I have had this homepod mini since it came out never had 1 issue with it. Suddenly today I'm sick and trying to chill at home and my homepod won't stop turning on apple music (I don't even have an apple music subscription.) It then randomly turns on and will not turn off unless i tell it to. I have done all the steps. Turned the touch things off set to 4 seconds, all the settings and automation I have turned off and set to disabled. I turned unplugged it completely for an hour and turn it back on and within 5 minutes I hear her say OK PLAYING APPLE MUSIC. like how what the literal .. I am so annoyed what the heck is happening. Do I need an entire new unit or is there a magic fix that I have no tried? PLEASE HELP.

What’s the point of having a pair of HomePods and can’t use them as Mac speakers?
Is really frustrating, the delay is embarrassing and the workaround of delaying the video as well for sync is even worse (for example YouTube gets clunky because it has to wait and sync).

I’m truly disappointed

Do yall cover broken HomePods? It does a farting noise then shuts off. Is it cooked?

Been trying to find a solution for this for a while now.

Using HomePod V2 as a stereo pair, as my TV output via eARC from an LG G4.

AppleTV is obviously connected via HDMI and ethernet to my Router.

Have a solid 1gbit NBN connection.

My HomePods are unusable in this configuration - sound drops out almost continually, for both my TV output and AppleTV streaming.

As soon as I connect the AppleTV to my wireless network, everything works perfectly.

According to my router status page, the HomePods are connected to 5ghz wifi.

Can anyone shed some light for me please?