HomePod HomePod gets stuck in setup on 11.3 beta

[cjbski]

iPhone X running 11.3’s latest public beta. Plug in HomePod and it gets stuck on the screen after “which room is this in?” I select living room and the setup goes white. Nothing I can do.

Anyone else experiencing this?

https://imgur.com/a/0z6NJ

 

[cantyjeffrey]

iPhone X running 11.3’s latest public beta. Plug in HomePod and it gets stuck on the screen after “which room is this in?” I select living room and the setup goes white. Nothing I can do.

Anyone else experiencing this?

https://imgur.com/a/0z6NJ

My HomePod is on a UPS truck somewhere out for delivery, but I am also running 11.3 beta and will report back if I have issues as well — I'm curious to know if you're still having issues, and/or found a solution as of yet...

 

[cjbski]

My HomePod is on a UPS truck somewhere out for delivery, but I am also running 11.3 beta and will report back if I have issues as well — I'm curious to know if you're still having issues, and/or found a solution as of yet...

Still can't get it to work. Please let me know if yours does!

 

[prycop]

11.3 beta here - intalled Homepod without problems.

 

[amacgenius]

Did you try manual setup through the "Home" app?

*EDIT*: Adding it manually as an accessory to be more specific.

 

[AppleRobert]

Did you try manual setup through the "Home" app.

Home App just keeps asking me to turn on keychain which I do not think you need enabled for HomePod nor have I ever used it on any Apple device. How do I do it manually?

 

[amacgenius]

Home App just keeps asking me to turn on keychain which I do not think you need enabled for HomePod nor have I ever used it on any Apple device. How do I do it manually?

I know when I tried to set mine up it required me to turn on Two Factor Authentication on my Apple ID, so maybe you do need to enable Keychain to use it - not entirely sure.

"Launch Home.

1. Tap the plus sign in the top right corner of the screen.
2. Tap Add Accessory.
3. Tap the accessory you want to add."
   

 

[cantyjeffrey]

Still can't get it to work. Please let me know if yours does!

Just got it. Was able to setup with no hiccups running latest beta on an iPhone X

 

[DaveOP]

No problems here either, on 11.3 with iPhone X.

 

[cjbski]

Will try it manually and report back!

 

[gkarmas]

Same sh*t here. iPhone 6S plus, latest beta version, just updated because it wasn't working with previous beta either. Tried manually and automatic. No luck.

 

[mcvaughan]

No problem here on latest developer beta.

 

[kingneptune117]

iPhone X running 11.3’s latest public beta. Plug in HomePod and it gets stuck on the screen after “which room is this in?” I select living room and the setup goes white. Nothing I can do.

Anyone else experiencing this?

https://imgur.com/a/0z6NJ

That’s not a problem with the beta. I’m running 11.2.5 and am having the EXACT same issue. It seems you and I are the only ones experiencing this.

 

[ohio.emt]

Home App just keeps asking me to turn on keychain which I do not think you need enabled for HomePod nor have I ever used it on any Apple device. How do I do it manually?

According to the Macrumors setup article you need both 2factor, and keychain enabled.

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/how-to-set-up-your-new-homepod/

 

[kingneptune117]

Anybody know why this is happening?
[doublepost=1518222047][/doublepost]Solved. You need to have the Apple Music app installed.

 

[fuocozero]

Home App just keeps asking me to turn on keychain which I do not think you need enabled for HomePod nor have I ever used it on any Apple device. How do I do it manually?

HomePod is a HomeKit accessory. HomeKit requires iCloud Keychain to operate. Can’t bypass it.

 

[AppleRobert]

Unless keychain enabled in the background somehow, I did nothing to get 2 step verification and finally got the HomePod to go through the setup process.

I unplugged HomePod several times, I powered iPhone off and on, I logged out and back into iTunes, I turned Bluetooth off and then back on besides doing other things as well.

It finally worked.