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Iphone and HomePod
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There is always a possibly with beta or even non beta software for that matter, I have iOS 14 on my 11 pro max and have had no issues so far with them working together.
My HomePods do not recognize my Overcast shortcuts since upgrading to the iOS 14 betas, which is a pain, but otherwise things seem to work as usual.
Yes. My HomePod cannot access things like my contacts. Says "I'm sorry, <name> is not in your contacts" when same command to phone works correctly and worked with HomePod prior to beta installation.
Funnily enough, that’s a problem I noticed with mine yesterday. My HomePod is on the latest 13 release but my iPhone is on iOS 14 latest public beta and I’ve got the same problem in that the HP can’t find any contacts. To be expected though I guess.
Sorry for the late reply, I didn't see your question.
Yes, I just checked and it reads messages. I have updated one version of beta since you asked, though. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
Your HomePod is running version 13.4.8?
I did a reset yesterday and the checking of messages worked twice then back to “just a sec... working on it...”
Yes it is.
But strangely enough, I just tried to get it to read messages and it failed this time.
I know it heard me, as the lights activated. No response and then lights went off.
I get that also. Thanks for confirming.
Maybe the HomePod beta fixes it but looks like it’s by invite only. Might have to wait.
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I’m hoping that it’s because the HomePod is still on quite an old iOS 13 version. But God knows when they’re going to release version 14 for the HomePods.
Could this perhaps be related to what's being discussed in another thread dealing with Siri?
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Siri requires phone to be unlocked
Siri now requires the phone to be unlocked to have her read text messages. On IOS 13 I was able to use my phone Hands Free to read and reply to text messages while driving. I would say "Hey Siri", "Read my last text message" with the phone locked and Siri would read my last text message. Now...
forums.macrumors.com
Could this perhaps be related to what's being discussed in another thread dealing with Siri?
Siri requires phone to be unlocked
Siri now requires the phone to be unlocked to have her read text messages. On IOS 13 I was able to use my phone Hands Free to read and reply to text messages while driving. I would say "Hey Siri", "Read my last text message" with the phone locked and Siri would read my last text message. Now...
I think it is. It’s happened before, issues with different versions.
Right I’ve just updated to the developer beta of 14.2 for my HomePod. It now reads out my messages from my phone perfectly. There is hope...
I also updated to the beta and it worked fine for a bit but then got even worse.
Also, Philips Hue Siri commands don’t work well will this beta.
I thought those issues are with iOS 14.2 beta 3 for the iPhone? I’m referring to the HomePod beta software.
Or have I got my wires crossed?
Indeed the HomePod 4.2 beta. iPhone is running 14.0.1
Installed the HomePod beta and it seemed to work fine for a bit and then it pretty much stopped working again.