HomePod HomePod mini not responding?

[Twilk73]

I have four HomePod mini’s throughout the house and it never seems to fail that one or two of them randomly go to “not responding” in the HomeKit app a few times a day. Two of these HomePod’s are only feet away from a top notch router. I run everything on the 2.4 network because I find it to be more stable. I believe QoS is not active and nothing else seems to have issues anyway. Also Wi-Fi signal is strong and fast. I have on average 21 things connected to the wireless router but my router can support up to 45 items before issues and stability happen according to the manufacture.

Is this HomePod issue normal or a me issue I need to figure out?

 

[Prof.]

My HomePods have stopped responding as well, they’re marked as “no response” in the home app. Restarting doesn’t work.

 

[Twilk73]

Have you tried resetting them or unplugging them? Mine restart no problem. But they just randomly drop off.

Being that they’re the only items I have on thread I’m wondering if it’s an issue with them going in standby.

 

[Prof.]

I ended up restoring both my HomePods to factory settings, and setting them up again as new. They seem to be working now.

 

[Twilk73]

I would have completely restored mine as well already but I have 4 and they all seem to be doing the same thing. But they don’t have the same problem at the same time. So even though it’s the same issue it’s just randomly doing it to one or two HomePod mini’s at any time. Makes I think it’sa deeper issues.


Can the thread network option be turned off?

 

[Prof.]

I’m back.

Both HomePod are unresponsive again. I give up.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

I have four HomePods as of yesterday (2 bigs, 2 littles) and haven’t seen this yet. One thing that has bothered us is Siri failing to respond on the nearest device.

 

[Twilk73]

I have four HomePods as of yesterday (2 bigs, 2 littles) and haven’t seen this yet. One thing that has bothered us is Siri failing to respond on the nearest device.

Yeah Siri does that to me as well. I’ve started replace receptacles in the house that are loose. I’ve also mapped out my circuits to make sure none are over loaded. I’m going nuts and the HomePods are my only real issue. Makes no sense negate that should be the most reliable considering they are the home base.

 

[tyrone841]

I know this thread is +1year old, but I just stumbled over it. I have two Minis in my home, and currently I am listening to my "living room" HomePod mini, but in the Home App it says "not responding". I can Start/Stop the playback though, and I can adjust the volume as well. ( I am not Airplaying to it, I am playing directly on the HomePod through Siri).

Sometimes a restart does the trick, sometimes it doesn't. Really bothers me when I want to check the sensors though, because they then always show as "not responding", but apparently the device IS responding... because I can control it through my phone. Sucks big time.