This. Is. The. Risk. Of. Beta. Software.
“oh it doesn’t work properly, it’s soooooo annoying!”
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HomePod Users Complain of Sudden Failures, Could Be Linked to 14.6 and 15 Updates
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“oh it doesn’t work properly, it’s soooooo annoying!”
I have two HomePods paired in the kitchen/family room and 2 minis in the bedrooms. All have 14.6. Is it me, or have the big HomePods gotten ”stupid” and slow to to respond over the last several updates? Also, the microphones don’t seem to listen as well? When I ask Siri to skip a song, she keeps playing the song for 2-3 seconds before skipping. Half the time, I start to ask her again because it is taking so long. Then every few days after speaking a command she will ask “Who is speaking?” This seems so ridiculous. Then last night, my wife had to power cycle the bedroom mini because when she asked it to turn on the 6:30am alarm, after a long pause Siri said “Hmmm, I’m having a problem…”. The wife acceptance factor is at an all time low…It’s gotten so bad, I wish I had kept my Alexa echo studios and echos.
BetaThat’s what, 2 updates now that damage HomePods?
Definitely unplugging mine today.
14.6 has been garbage for all of our iPhones and iPads
Same for me, when I ask them to play music it takes a lot more time than usual
The problem here is that Homepods on 14.6 are also dying.
I am afraid that a design flaw is the cause that Apple discontinued the thing, and therefore all the OG Homepods are going to die sooner than later.
Their software qulity bas. Een slowly decreasing for several years, but the HomePod has bug after bug after brick after brick… inex.
My anecdote is similar. I have a stereo pair setup. Frequently the left side goes silent. I do a restart, and it works again. Super duper annoying, but I'm glad it still works. Looking forward to a software update to restore reliability. I love the way they sound.
That must be so frustrating for the 6 people who bought one lol
Mine is the exact same, always the left one that decides to break down and the restart fixes it! phew !
Oh and Siri is just getting dumber! but i would say the same for google nest hubs, Google half the time doesn't pick up the hey/ok google command. Google is also getting dumber with it starting music in a different unit in a different room sometimes different floor lol! oh and can't understand half the commands and does something random! lol!
It seems like Apple can never quite get things without a display to work properly. I love my homepod mini when it works, but it's not a very good speaker and it seems to alter its behavior in how it responds based on a whim.
HomePod was a real missed opportunity for Apple. It had the potential to be a game changer but it died on the vine.
about 15 mos after my homepod purchase the bass cut out. my homepod now sounds like a transistor radio...at least siri still "works" on it...must be hardware problem bc no update, reset, etc. has ever fixed it...
14.6 isn’t a beta though. It’s the most recent stable update.
I don't know what is going on with 14.6 for some users. Running fine here. As to iOS 15 beta, I wouldn't run beta on HomePods. You are asking for trouble, in my opinion.
You do… just for the inconvinience 😉If you need 19 Homepods you probably live in a castle and don't care.
This is exactly why I always hold off on updates; my one HomePod is still on 14.5, and it'll stay that way for a while longer now. Let others be the guinea pigs and test it. These events are rare, but I'd rather avoid the headache entirely. It's either things like this, or more frequently, updates that cripple or remove features.
Eventually I'll update when there's sufficient reason to do so - sometimes that for new features I actually want, sometimes for critical security fixes, and sometimes because the old version stops working with whatever service it uses. On the security front, yes, it's best to always stay up to date. But the vast majority of security holes either have no known exploits, or are extremely rare. I take a lot of other measures to protect my security, and I feel the risk of stumbling upon an active exploit (that's already patched in the latest release) is much lower than the risk of a software update screwing up functionality I use. I've had the latter happen dozens of times over the years, and have never had the former happen.
Eventually I'll update when there's sufficient reason to do so - sometimes that for new features I actually want, sometimes for critical security fixes, and sometimes because the old version stops working with whatever service it uses. On the security front, yes, it's best to always stay up to date. But the vast majority of security holes either have no known exploits, or are extremely rare. I take a lot of other measures to protect my security, and I feel the risk of stumbling upon an active exploit (that's already patched in the latest release) is much lower than the risk of a software update screwing up functionality I use. I've had the latter happen dozens of times over the years, and have never had the former happen.
He did. They’re called HomePods.