HomePod HomePod not working correctly with HomeKit. Help!

[WilliamG]

So I have a bunch of Lutron HomeKit lights. They've worked just great for HomeKit with my iPhone, Apple Watch, and HomePods for a good while now.

However, for some reason - as of a few days ago, one of my most-used commands is no longer working - but only on the HomePod.

The command in question is, "Hey Siri, Main Floor Lights on." I set this up in HomeKit to turn on all the lights on... you guessed it - the main floor.

Now, the HomePod just replies, "I can't get the answer to this on HomePod." What does that even mean? This command works just fine on my iPhone and my Apple Watch, and up until a few days ago worked just fine on the HomePod. I have three HomePods, and I get the same response on all of them.

Does anyone have any thoughts, here?

 

[waw74]

you can try cycling power on the HomePod, it may not help

For me Siri has been downright stupid the past couple months,
same command works 99.9% of the time for a year or 2, now it's down to 60-70% (or less) both on phone and HomePod.
or she cuts me off mid command, even tough I don't take any longer pauses between words, she thinks I'm done talking. and then doesn't know what to do with the half sentence she heard.

HomePod has a bigger fail ratio than the phone.
commands that have worked forever will stop working on pod, but phone and watch still fine.
or she'll be "OK playing some crappy song for you" and I have no clue how she got the song title playing out of what I asked. much less that I asked her to play a song.

I'm not sure if it has to do with the new iOS coming out soon, and changes being made on the back end, but I seem to remember late summer stupidity for the past few years.

 

[WilliamG]

you can try cycling power on the HomePod, it may not help

For me Siri has been downright stupid the past couple months,
same command works 99.9% of the time for a year or 2, now it's down to 60-70% (or less) both on phone and HomePod.
or she cuts me off mid command, even tough I don't take any longer pauses between words, she thinks I'm done talking. and then doesn't know what to do with the half sentence she heard.

HomePod has a bigger fail ratio than the phone.
commands that have worked forever will stop working on pod, but phone and watch still fine.
or she'll be "OK playing some crappy song for you" and I have no clue how she got the song title playing out of what I asked. much less that I asked her to play a song.

I'm not sure if it has to do with the new iOS coming out soon, and changes being made on the back end, but I seem to remember late summer stupidity for the past few years.

Drives me insane. I've had this issue intermittently with other commands - like "Unlock the front door." That stopped working on my phone, but somehow still worked on my Watch. Apple fixed that one silently, too.

I've completely reset one of my HomePods, and the issue still remains. For now, I've had to rename "Main Floor Lights On" as "Main Floor Lights." It works again, now. But I've no idea why the former command no longer works. Drives me nuts.