Poll: ** The Official Apple HomePod/HomePod mini thread **

Are you going to buy an Apple HomePod

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 13.8%

  • No

    Votes: 115 56.7%

  • Possibly, I'll wait and see what the reviews are like first

    Votes: 44 21.7%

  • HomePod mini - Yes

    Votes: 18 8.9%

  • HomePod mini - No

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • HomePod mini - Possibly, I'll wait and see what the reviews are like first

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • Total voters
    203
My parents needed a new TV but didn’t want anything big so I made them get the LG C3. Bought a refurbed ATV (latest model) and rather than them forking out for a soundbar the HomePods I got them a while back are now a stereo pair for the TV as well now after repositioning.

Pretty neat and mum’s also happy because now if she’s getting an unwanted running commentary when she’s watching something she can stick her AirPods Pro on and listen through them (and get the surround/positional audio where supported). No lag, pretty good solution given they don’t want a surround set-up. TV isn’t bad either!
 
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Hope someone can help.

My homepod mini doesn't seem to functioning properly today.
  • I have two lights and two plugs controlled by the homepod.
  • Both lights are set up through the hue app and hue bridge.
  • Both plugs are set up directly in the home app.
  • Homepod is on os 17.3. My iphone is on ios 17.3.
  • The home app is saying that the hue bridge is connected
The problem is that the home app is saying "no response" for both the lights and both the plugs (which control lamps in the hall).
Asking siri on the homepod to turn on "x" gives the response "I'm sorry some accessories didn't respond".
Ive rebooted everything (router, hue bridge, homepod, lamps) - same result as above.

Any ideas what it could be. I'm really loathe to do a full reset and set up from scratch as I think the problem lies with the homepod or the OS - I can control the two hue lights through the hue app.
 
doogs said:
Hope someone can help.

My homepod mini doesn't seem to functioning properly today.
  • I have two lights and two plugs controlled by the homepod.
  • Both lights are set up through the hue app and hue bridge.
  • Both plugs are set up directly in the home app.
  • Homepod is on os 17.3. My iphone is on ios 17.3.
  • The home app is saying that the hue bridge is connected
The problem is that the home app is saying "no response" for both the lights and both the plugs (which control lamps in the hall).
Asking siri on the homepod to turn on "x" gives the response "I'm sorry some accessories didn't respond".
Ive rebooted everything (router, hue bridge, homepod, lamps) - same result as above.

Any ideas what it could be. I'm really loathe to do a full reset and set up from scratch as I think the problem lies with the homepod or the OS - I can control the two hue lights through the hue app.
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Could it be anything to do with the HomePodOS update that was released yesterday?

Edit: Try updating all your Apple stuff to the latest version. It could be something weird from running different devices with different versions of the OS.
 
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Cromulent said:
Could it be anything to do with the HomePodOS update that was released yesterday?

Edit: Try updating all your Apple stuff to the latest version. It could be something weird from running different devices with different versions of the OS.
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It could well be the homepod os update thats "broken" this - I have it on auto update which I think im now regretting.
I updated my iphone this morning in case it was a mismatch of os versions - didnt make any difference.
 
Thinking about this, if it's on the side somewhere in your house you would have to continuously have to keep getting up to look at the screen unlike other smart display kind of things. But knowing Apple they'll sell it on the basis of screen sharing via iPhone/iPad etc, sort of defeats the object.
 

HomePod Software Version 17.6​

This update includes performance and stability improvements.
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Curious to see if HomePod Software 18 has anything worthwhile for these already aging products.

There seems to be more rumours of an iPad / speak dock type thing that I would be tempted by for the kitchen. Hopefully with Apple Intelligence too!
 
Bought 2x mini's for use in my living room, also for use with my m2 Mac Mini when playing back music or YT vids. I wish there was an EQ for these things as I'd like to tailor that somewhat hollow sound a bit better. Also the Airplay delay when playing back music via mobile or YT is quite annoying.
 
shiver said:
Curious to see if HomePod Software 18 has anything worthwhile for these already aging products.

There seems to be more rumours of an iPad / speak dock type thing that I would be tempted by for the kitchen. Hopefully with Apple Intelligence too!
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Aging? They’re still perfectly reasonable life span left!
 
Feek said:
In Apple years, the original HomePod is ancient at six years old and the Mini is not far from four years old.

They’re still superb though, every single one (two originals and six minis) in my house are used daily.
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I get that, although I can’t help but feel an upgraded one at the moment wouldn’t be enough of an upgrade to warrant most to make that leap at the moment - what realistically do they do with it to warrant an upgrade from the average user?

It’s more the software (well, specifically Siri) they need to upgrade. Then they can focus on saying it needs an X chip in it to be able to run it until then these minis and 2nd gen homepod are great as is.

Screen looks ugly and out of place, just use your phone/ipad.
 
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