HomePod Anyone else having HomePod issues?

[David11]

anyone else HomePods not working? Whenever I ask Siri to play so and so on Apple Music she can't find it?

 

[ruslan120]

Yup. Horrible over the past few months.

 

[David11]

It’s a new problem for me…
Any insight on what to do?

 

[StumpyBloke]

Report it to Apple. Until more people complain to them about the abortion that these things have become with Siri nothing will ever improve.

 

[Shanghaichica]

It happens to me on and off. I find a reboot solves it. This is not a new issue. I've had the OG HomePod since it launched and its been the same ever since.

 

[ghanwani]

HomePod here. Several problems here
- doesn’t always register “hey Siri”
- starts playing wrong song
- starts timer for wrong amount of time
- connectivity to cloud fails and unable to complete command

Overall very frustrating. I keep wondering if it’s the hardware (mic?) failing and if getting a new mini would resolve this.

 

[Itinj24]

Every time without fail:

- Hey, Siri, turn off the exhaust fan in 25 minutes
- Who is speaking?
- Jon
- You’ll need to unlock your iPhone to continue

*** immediately right after ***

- Hey, Siri, turn off the exhaust fan in 25 minutes
- working on that… I’ve set the exhaust fan to turn off at 8:25.

 

[Itinj24]

Here’s another one. Had music playing. Asked Siri for the time and the music lowered for Siri to answer. When she was done, the music never came back up to normal volume. It was playing in the background still but at a very low volume. Raising the volume didn’t fix it. It only sounded like it was playing in the background at a louder volume. Kind of like an echo. Making another Siri inquiry didn’t fix it either nor did stopping and restarting the music. Lovely.

Timers are always unavailable. Says iPhone and HomePod must be on the same network. Well… err, they are.

 

[mpainesyd]

I have stereo Homepods set as the default audio output for an AppleTV 4K. I found that, in general, Homepod Siri only correctly responds to an Apple Music request if the ATV is awake. This may be associated with some of the issues raised in this thread.

 

[Rychiar]

Mine have been working well lately but over the years getting all 5 to play at once was usually an issue… sometimes even getting two to play nice

 

[TonyC28]

Volume issues. Doorbell chime not working. AirPlay slower than normal. Music controls get confused between the Music app, Lock Screen, and Home app.

 

[Itinj24]

I think my doorbell chime worked only once when it was first an option.