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

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Had something strange going on with my stereo pair of HomePods over the last few days. I noticed that music was only coming out of the left speaker.

When I checked the pair and tapped L or R, they both pinged correctly. I unpaired them and one of them showed as unresponsive in HomeKit. Ended up having to remove it from HomeKit, manually reset it and then add it back in. It's all good now.

 

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All of mine get used daily for music (and of course Siri interfacing).

 

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Hmm I’m sure some will like but think I’ll give it a miss

I think it’s a waste of time. It’s a useless place for a display.

 

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HomePod firmware 17.6 is available, just let your Home app push the update out.

 

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I was impressed how quickly they went through, sometimes they seem to take days but all mine were done in a few minutes.

 

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Aging? They’re still perfectly reasonable life span left!

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?

Absolutely nothing. The only time I'll be replacing/upgrading any of mine will be if they break.

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

I completely agree, in my own situation, there aren't any located in a place where a screen would be desirable or useful.