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HomePod Users Complain of Sudden Failures, Could Be Linked to 14.6 and 15 Updates
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I don’t understand the surprise when people learn that others live in a different economic world than they do. 19 HomePods, imagine the house or houses they are in. Then go back to school.
Maybe one HomePod equals 0.25 inches to him.
But regardless, I’ve not seen any issues.
19 HomePods equals complete ****. Kinda funny that they allegedly all blew up.
Time for Apple to fire up the Inventec factory again to replace all these fried units. Also while you’re at, making another 3 year supply would be nice.
I have 2 OG HomePods in my bedroom connected to the new Apple TV 4K. They are both far beyond their warranty, as I bought one a few months after it came out in the US and then I bought the other one here in Canada, as soon as it was available.
they have been acting very strange. Including:
- volume indicators staying on. Only way I can get them to disappear is to airplay music to the stereo pair homepods and the living room HomePod mini and then uncheck the stereo pair and then the volume indicators disappear. I have stopped airplaying music for the time being, as I have been using the homepods predominately as the main speakers for the Apple TV and the volume indicators turn off successfully after shutting the Apple TV and the TV itself off.
- a week ago I had this strange issue where the volume would fluctuate on my homepods. I’ve seen a delay before in changing the volume, but this occurs without me touching the volume at all. The speakers go from sounding great to sounding almost as if I’ve summoned Siri while listening to music. The music or even whatever I’m using the Apple TV for, gets quiet and sounding very flat.
- Airplaying music or asking Siri to play music on the homepods resulted in only one speaker playing music, even though they were stereo paired and showing as so in the Home app.
I haven’t had these issues since I stopped airplaying and asking Siri to play music. I also completely reset the homepods and then reconnected them to the Apple TV and that seems to have solved any issues I had with the Apple TV-HomePod combo. Now the speakers are working flawlessly with the Apple TV, but I’m almost scared to do anything else other than use them with the Apple TV.
they have been acting very strange. Including:
- volume indicators staying on. Only way I can get them to disappear is to airplay music to the stereo pair homepods and the living room HomePod mini and then uncheck the stereo pair and then the volume indicators disappear. I have stopped airplaying music for the time being, as I have been using the homepods predominately as the main speakers for the Apple TV and the volume indicators turn off successfully after shutting the Apple TV and the TV itself off.
- a week ago I had this strange issue where the volume would fluctuate on my homepods. I’ve seen a delay before in changing the volume, but this occurs without me touching the volume at all. The speakers go from sounding great to sounding almost as if I’ve summoned Siri while listening to music. The music or even whatever I’m using the Apple TV for, gets quiet and sounding very flat.
- Airplaying music or asking Siri to play music on the homepods resulted in only one speaker playing music, even though they were stereo paired and showing as so in the Home app.
I haven’t had these issues since I stopped airplaying and asking Siri to play music. I also completely reset the homepods and then reconnected them to the Apple TV and that seems to have solved any issues I had with the Apple TV-HomePod combo. Now the speakers are working flawlessly with the Apple TV, but I’m almost scared to do anything else other than use them with the Apple TV.
Burned out diode? That’s some serious firmware problem to self-destruct a hardware component! We need to know an indication of the root cause to prevent it happening. Wondering if I should just unplug my HomePod until we have a fix?
So should we be unplugging our HomePods until they say something or release an update? I've noticed they have been AWFUL for HomeKit automations lately. None are connected to an Apple TV, but this has me spooked now.
My OG Homepods are very dear to me so I’m playing it safe until I hear more
My HomePods weren't usable due to bizarre delay/synch issues after the 14.5 update(?), but the 14.6 update fixed everything. Have a pair matched with my ATV 4k. HomePod really seems to be at the bottom of the Apple tree.They gave up before they even launched the device. I love mine when they work.
I've also had weird issues and have reset my HomePods several times in the past month. I'm also paranoid about changing anything at this point. I've got all the software updates turned off. It takes so long to reset everything. I often think how much easier things were with hard wired simple speakers but enjoy controlling things via voice.
I have one stereo pair connected to Apple TV, after 14.6 the volume buttons stay on even after turning off the TV and also the e newer of the two developed a audible crack noise every 40-60 minutes when all turned off. They both also run warmer. It’s really weird!! I had it replaced under warranty for a new unit. I wonder what actual damage the software caused and how it’s going to affect the lifespan of the units. It would suck it the homepods were failing few years down the road when obsolete!!!! That smells like a class action lawsuit!
Oh so opening up the iOS ecosystem is dangerous to Apple hardware eh? So who protects the hardware from Apple’s bugs?
How do you (or don’t you) even install updates, let alone betas, on a HomePod? I thought it all happens automatically?
My stereo-paired HomePods were suddenly out of sync yesterday, which has never happened before. Unplugging them resolved the issue, for now, but I wonder if it’s related to this.
One of the HomePods frequently makes a «popping sound» whilst being in standby, as well. It has been doing that for months now.
Has Apple ever had a more error-ridden product?
One of the HomePods frequently makes a «popping sound» whilst being in standby, as well. It has been doing that for months now.
Has Apple ever had a more error-ridden product?
Yo … I’m still waiting on the truck load of discounted HomePods.
