Just went from 12.4 to 13.2.1 - seems ok, handoff worked once from my phone in Apple Music but not from Podcasts. How do you get to the new ambient sounds thing?
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Apple Releases Updated 13.2.1 Software for HomePod After 13.2 Update Bricked Some Devices
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The Home app says it will tell you via a notification when Voice Recognition is ready. I guess it takes some time.
It’s super disappointing that it’s all voice/Siri based. HomePod really should have it’s own appHow to use HomePod Ambient Sounds white noise, rain, more - 9to5Mac
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Hmmm... I'm having problems (no sound) with one that was on 12.4 and started a 13.2 download, didn't finish, stayed on 12.4, but updated to 13.2.1.
So for the people who's HomePod was killed, were you on 5ghz wifi or 2.4? 802.11ac, 802.11a, 802.11n? Are your 5ghz and 2.4ghz network names the same? Do you have any weird characters in your password or SSID, like a space?
It sure didn't take Apple long to figure out what the problem was.
It sure didn't take Apple long to figure out what the problem was.
Downloading - just spoke to Apple Support before I saw the HomePod update, and was told their engineering team was working on it and a fix was expected to be pushed out in 24 to 48 hours.
Even though it shows iOS 13.2.1 update download size is still 975.2 MB - weird.
Looks like Back to the Future is working!
Even though it shows iOS 13.2.1 update download size is still 975.2 MB - weird.
Looks like Back to the Future is working!
That and they should add the ambient sounds to iOS as well. Would be handy with the new handoff feature.
Amazing! Apple came out with a fix for all the bricked devices. I hope you people who didn’t have HomePod music for a day made it through such a apocalyptic moment.
It didn't fix the bricked devices...
Anybody else seeing an exclamation point and "Apple ID" on the HomePod card in the Home app? When going to the settings it says Apple ID at the very top but I can‘t tap it and in the Default Account section everything seems to be fine.
Edit: just disappeared by itself. 🤷🏻♂️
Edit: just disappeared by itself. 🤷🏻♂️
I guess having to send your HopePod to Apple to replace or repair could be considered a fix, although not very convenient:
But....
It sounds like those unlucky HomePod owners will be without their music for a lot longer than a day.
Update: curiously, when I ask Siri to play music on that HomePod, it starts working fine. When I powercycle, it doesn't respond in the Home app. But I can talk to it in Siri, and then it works again in the Home app.
Incorrect, anyone who installed the update and bricked their device have to send in their HomePods for replacements. And some people don’t use them to play music at all, they have them set as a stereo pair to which they airplay the sound from their AppleTV (something that doesn’t “just work” very well)
Interesting. Mine didn’t but I’d updated to 13.2 yesterday. Will see if it works for my wife tomorrow morning.