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HomePod HomePod Mini can’t turn on/off light strip that all other HomePods and iPhone can

As I have been fighting this issue with the Homepod Minis since December and working with Apple to resolve it. Then I could not return them because the Apple Store would not allow you to come in without an appointment which was only available a month out. I am stuck with two Homepod Minis I cannot use because they cause my smarthome lights to become very unreliable. My suggestion is to cut off the cords and use them as art or paperweights.
 
I have 14.5 on my HomePod mini, it does not improve the connection to Sylvania's Smart+ HomeKit system. I am going to contact Sylvania yet again.

EDIT: It is not quite as bad as it was. I have restarted all of my devices, and it sort of works now. I can use the HomePod mini to turn on the lights, but it struggles to turn them off.

Before I had a 100% failure rate at connecting to the lights using the home. Now I have a 70% success rate at turning the lights on using the HomePod, but only a 40% success rate at turning them back off. So they clearly have changed something.
 
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That is a shame, it's made me just about abandon them for Philips Hue....it works every time almost instantly.
 
No, 14.6 doesn’t fix the issue on Fibaro single switch
 
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The German post that stated 14.6 beta fixed the problem applied to LEDVANCE (Sylvania Smart+) products. Not Fibaro
 
Happy to say the update fixed all my Sylvania under the cabinets LED strips too...work perfect now!

These are the lights incase it helps anyone.
SYLVANIA General Lighting 74521 Smart LED Flex Strip

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Hi All,

just to let you know that once HomePod mini and iPhone were upgraded to V15, NOW I can turn ON/OFF my bluetooth Fibaro switches! No longer needed to use a shortcut as a workaround as I explained earlier in this thread.

BR,
David.
 
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