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Apple Releases 14.3 Software for HomePod and HomePod Mini
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Looks like the transfer of music from my iPhone to the HomePod Mini is a lot quicker, plus Siri will tell me what a whale sounds like so...
Do you think you know better than Apple? Fool! 🤣Still no equaliser.
I don't think they're too concerned about competing since they have significantly more users. I think they're concerned that Apple is steadily rendering moot more and more of their anti-competitive complaints.
I have had issue with Apple TV audio output to a pair of linked HomePods for some time. After updating the Apple TV and HomePods to the 14.3 software, I unpaired the HomePods, re-paired them and then set the default audio output on AppleTV to the HomePod pair. All seems to be working properly now.
Did they address Intercom volume yet?
Intercom is practically inaudible on HomePod mini unless its at 90%, and no one leaves their HomePod volume at 90%.
Intercom is practically inaudible on HomePod mini unless its at 90%, and no one leaves their HomePod volume at 90%.
That's nice, but I can't imagine ever using that feature. Even if the opportunity arose which is incredibly unlikely, the chances that I will remember that this feature exists in that moment are nil.
I thought I could live with this issue but it SERIOUSLY annoys me. I'm keeping the mini but I'm buying the Big Homepod the next time I see it go on sale.
The update seems to have ruined the ability of my homepods in the house to play a simple Siri request. Apparently, Apple has yet to fix the ability to play multiple stereo-paired homepods in the house simultaneously. As of writing, you won’t be able to hear music until you uncheck one of the Stereo paired homepods.
I bought homepods as an alternative to my Sonos system, which broke ever since Sonos released their S1 & S2 controllers which break old speakers’ ability to play music. SO sick of these tech companies having their hands in so many jars that their product quality suffers.
I bought homepods as an alternative to my Sonos system, which broke ever since Sonos released their S1 & S2 controllers which break old speakers’ ability to play music. SO sick of these tech companies having their hands in so many jars that their product quality suffers.
Getting sick of this AirPlay bug that's been around the last several releases. Playing music from my iPhone to HomePods immediately transfers the playback source from my iPhone to Apple Music streaming to the HomePods (i.e. taking iPhone out of the picture).
The HomePod 14.3 is available for the HomePod and the HomePod mini, and according to Apple's release notes, the update includes general performance and stability improvements.
The effect is that my smart playlists don't update, since the "last played" date does not get updated in this scenario. I also lose ability to control volume etc. from my Watch, unless I fiddle around to make the Watch control HomePods. My workaround is to trick the HomePods by AirPlaying YouTube from my iPhone (or some other audio source) first, then change to Music to keep the playback source as my iPhone. First-world problem, I know, but disappointing that Apple can't get this right ...
Yes! I figured this was just a "feature" rather than a bug and had learned to (somewhat) live with it - glad to know I'm not the only one frustrated by this!
BTW, my workaround has been to use the Music app on my Mac to control the music playing to my HomePod. It doesn't lose control the way my iPhone does, and my smart playlists stay up to date.
Couple of notes:
Usually, HomePod upgrades take a long time, and you're absolutely left clueless as to what's going on while upgrading.
This time, the overall process was really quick, maybe 3 minutes? Also, when done, there was a notification on my phone that said all devices were now up to date.
If they've fixed the upgrade process, that would be good.
Usually, HomePod upgrades take a long time, and you're absolutely left clueless as to what's going on while upgrading.
This time, the overall process was really quick, maybe 3 minutes? Also, when done, there was a notification on my phone that said all devices were now up to date.
If they've fixed the upgrade process, that would be good.
This is weird: my issue is the opposite. I have iTunes Match without Apple Music. I start to play a playlist on my iPhone, airplay it to a stereo pair of HomePod minis, but the source doesn’t transfer to those minis. I can then tell Siri on the HomePods to pause the music, and she does. But when I then tell Siri to play, she starts to play all music on shuffle on the HomePods.
The source used to transfer from my iPhone to my original homepods. I also used to have Apple Music. However, I haven’t used those original homepods in months, so I’m not sure if a software update or getting rid of Apple Music or the homepods themselves could have been part of the change in behavior. Maybe it’s a handoff thing?
Also, when playing a smart playlist that removes songs played within the last 30 days, I’m pretty sure the last-played date updates for me (albeit once per day, max).
Interesting that you'd want the source to change from your iPhone to your HomePods. Just curious, why would that matter that the iPhone remains the source? Is it because if your iPhone leaves the area the music stops? I prefer to control the music from my iPhone or Watch, and not call out Siri's name all the time. And of course, to have my smart playlists update (streaming does update my library, but after a day or two and it is not very accurate).
Seeing your experience, I think if I were to abandon Apple Music (and thus iCloud Music Library) my problem would go away. So in your situation I think you would get what you want by going back to using AM.
Yay finally brought back air quality information for China, it worked back in iOS 12, but then disappeared for China in iOS 13 super happy to have brought this back and on the HomePod, now I know if it’s cloudy or pollution 🥳
As always so many updates don't say what they have updated to test and find new features.
I doubt we will ever see one because it goes against the point of having computation audio which applies active EQ in real time.Still no equaliser.
I'm the long-time Apple cheerleader in my household and this has been so embarrassing for me personally. Everyone's made fun of it.
How on earth did something so OBVIOUSLY WRONG get through QA?
Shabby. Very shabby.
All good here though update status bar would be nice, Apple. One glitch not experienced prior to 14.3 is Intercom messages not received on my devices. Siri on the HPM acknowledges intercom but after sending my other devices don’t notify. Intercom from devices to HPM is fine.
What they're asking is different from the usual question, I think. One is default: "Hey Siri play X" and the HomePod defaults to Spotify, which is reliant upon Spotify to create the link. The other is what already exists in iOS, where you make a query and tack on a specific app: "Hey Siri, Play X on Spotify/Pandora/Etc.".
It's confounding why functionality that exists on the iPhone hasn't made its way to the HomePod, and vice versa. Why can my HomePod have multiple named timers but my iPhone can't? Courage?
