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Apple Releases iOS 16.4.1 With Fixes For Siri Response Issues and Other Bugs
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Home Pod playing my music match library has become quite glitchy with new update. It was fine previously. Irritated!
— later, unplug & replug of home pod seems to have resolved the issue. Perhaps not software after all.
— later, unplug & replug of home pod seems to have resolved the issue. Perhaps not software after all.
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I’ll wait to install this update as all these updates are always prefaced by “serious” & “important”…and seem to be very poorly vetted for problems/issues. Just look, they’re already working on 16.5 to fix this one. Funny how they make them sound as if your phone will definitely be hacked or compromised if you don’t update when in fact you have a better chance of being struck by lightning.Apple today released iOS 16.4.1, a minor update to the iOS 16 operating system that first came out last September. iOS 16.4.1 is a bug fix update that comes almost two weeks after the launch of iOS 16.4, an update that introduced new Emoji, Safari Web Push notifications, Voice Isolation for phone calls, and more.
iOS 16.4.1 can be downloaded on eligible iPhones over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
According to Apple's release notes, iOS 16.4.1 add a fix for an issue that could cause Siri not to respond in some cases, and it adds skin tones variations for the pushing hands emoji.Apple is already testing iOS 16.5, a follow up to iOS 16, and the company will soon transition to working on iOS 17, the next-generation version of iOS that is expected to see an introduction at WWDC in June.
Article Link: Apple Releases iOS 16.4.1 With Fixes For Siri Response Issues and Other Bugs
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but then you would be stuck with your skin tone permanently
Yeah, usually that’s how life goes right? Lol.
How variable is your skin tone from birth until you’re old? 😜 - odd I still cannot change many emoji’s to my own skin tone.
Honestly, I think it's because the iOS 16.4 update was a train wreck. I suspect the update that got pushed wasn't the correct version. It broke too many things and overrode too many preference settings. So they rushed out 16.4.1 - which may have been what 16.4 was supposed to be. All of my preference settings were back. We'll probably never know the truth but I think I'm very close to it.
It’s Phillips Hue, Ecobee, AppleTV, and HomePod/Mini. None of them are functioning properly and keep jumping between rooms randomly. Or Siri asks me to wait a moment and then just naps.
They’re all updated, so my patience is running shortI had a problem with HomeKit when I upgraded my iPhone and iPad. Turns out the issue was that the new versions of iOS use a new HomeKit framework. I lost all the automations and it just said that the home hub was paused. I found that the issue was that my home hubs (my Apple TVs and my HomePods) were using the old HomeKit system. Updating my HomePods and AppleTVs fixed the problem and it works better than ever. See the HomeKit forum on MacRumors. I’ll edit this answer to include the link on how to update your home hubs.
Update HomePod - Apple Support
Use the Home app to update the software on your HomePod or HomePod mini.support.apple.com
Yep. Apparently “yellow face” is just fine. Honestly makes zero sense.
Maybe have a look at the HomeKit sub forum to look for other ideas?
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I am just gonna delete my Home and start over from scratch, I've tried everything I could find. It's my last option before chucking it all out the window
I haven't used HK in a while
I 've been usng Google and Alexa for home stuff tbh
For some reason I can only pair 1 of my 4 LIFX products to Homekit - I tried and tried and did every troubeshooting uner the sun, no dice
No problem setting all 4 of them on Google and Alexa, and they don't ask for that stupud HK number
I take back my complaints on HomeKit. I will never use GoogleHome ever again, that was a disaster.
Found the issue. I had setup an AppleTV in my guest room for a friend back in October. When she abruptly left, I forgot it was there. For some reason, HomeKit changed it to the HomeHub (as she was home all day, I guess?). How do I make one of the AppleTVs (say, my Den that I use everyday) the PERMANENT HomeHub regardless of whether it is offline?
Sounds like a wise crack: he’s king dead. Unless you’re talking about the last of surgery or vitiligo that would be different. On the latter there is NO emoji on any platform that supports that btw. Either way fail on that try.
Cool. I found this thread but haven’t tested it or read the entire thread.