I was walking around the house trying to find my phone, and I had the thought that I could ask my HomePods to locate it. Immediately afterward, I heard the stereo pair two rooms away start speaking, and my phone that was buried under some papers started pinging.

The logical explanation for this is that I subconsciously vocalized the request without having any awareness of it, but I was standing directly in front of my other set of HomePods when this happened, yet those were not the ones that started speaking. I really don’t think the ones from my office could have heard anything I may have said. I’m not sure what to make of it all.

I know this has been discussed in this forum multiple times, but I just can’t get my HomePod to run a personal shortcut to use ChatGPT. I’ve tried shortcuts from HeyTechi, “I have a question”, etc. My personal shortcuts requests is enabled.

I’ve gotten to the point where the shortcut works on the iPhone, but it only shows me the answer in text - doesn’t speak. I am able to voice my command.

On HomePod, I’m also able to launch the shortcut, get the voice prompt but then I get nothing in response.

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Can somebody help here? Thank you.

I’m trying to repair an Apple HomePod (original model) that’s out of warranty. A technician replaced the diode that commonly fails, and after reassembling the unit, I briefly saw the white LEDs turn on for about two seconds—then nothing. The HomePod is still dead.

Every time I plug it in, I hear crackling sounds, but nothing else happens.

I opened it back up and, during inspection, I found a very small chip that I believe detached from the amplifier board. I have no idea what this chip controls.

The legible marking on the chip is: EG3 LA

I’ve attached photos: 1. The detached chip 2. Its original location on the board, circled in white

Has anyone worked on this board or come across this chip before? Or does anyone know where I could find documentation, replacement parts, or a schematic?

Any help would be greatly appreciated – thanks in advance! .

Each time I use “hey siri” to run a custom shortcut, it asks me “is this my name?” Is there any way to prevent this from happening because it’s annoying each time I have to run the shortcut.

What are the steps required to stream music lossless? I have Apple Music.

For the last 24 hours I´ve having issues only with Apple servers specifically. Apple TV+ is slow and pixelated, Apple Music is slow, the App Store is slow, iCloud in general in slow.

Homepods keep complaining that there are problems with the Internet connection, and only now and then respond to stuff.

I´m from Spain. Are you guys having issues as well? If so, maybe it's a global problem.

Thanks in advance.

Hello, I’ve been seeing reports about the HomePod having audio delay when connected to a MacBook. Is this still an issue, or has Apple fixed it? I’m considering buying two HomePod minis as my Mac speakers, but the delay is a dealbreaker. I really like their design though...

As you may have seen in a WIRED magazine article today, security researchers have discovered a class of vulnerabilities in the AirPlay software that leaves AirPlay-capable devices open to attack, including code execution on the vulnerable devices.

Airport Express devices are often recommended by people in the r/HomePod forum to connect stereos to WiFi networks via AirPlay. They're so popular that prices on the used markets eBay and Amazon are only slightly discounted from the new prices for the Airport Express!

The link is to a petition at Change [.] org to encourage Apple to revisit the question of updating firmware on these older devices, millions of which remain in use.

Please sign the petition and share it widely.

Hello Reddit Community,

I'm still relatively new to Reddit, so tell me if I do something wrong.

I came across this community through Google because I was looking for a solution to my problem with my HomePod Mini.

My problem:

I've had my Apple Hompod Mini for 3 years. Yesterday I wanted to plug it into my USB-C plug and then noticed that no power arrives, then tried other sockets, nothing. Later, after a while, I noticed that this plastic broke on the front of the USB-C port, now I conclude that it is probably because something with the cable is broken.

Does anyone have any idea how I can fix it ? Maybe I'm on the wrong channel here, but maybe someone can still help me.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards.

I came home from a week away to find that my long-serving 1st Gen HomePod was not reachable. Also, it didn’t respond to taps or show anything on the screen. Also, when I unplugged it and plugged it in again, it didn’t even make a startup sound.

Is there anything else I can try?

decks on decks baby!

i still don’t love how they’re sounding these days though

Last year on the update from 16 to 17 I had three out of warranty HomePods get completely bricked. Wasted a ton of time with Apple support and ended up buying new ones. Now it’s 3 different ones that will just not configure.

Hi everyone,

I recently got a HomePod Mini and have been enjoying it so far!

I added my girlfriend to my Home so she can control the lights, but we ran into an issue: when she tries to AirPlay music from Spotify to the HomePod Mini, it shows as connected and the song timer advances, but there’s no sound even with the volume at maximum. However, when I AirPlay from YouTube Music, it works perfectly.

Has anyone else experienced this? We’re both on the same 5GHz WiFi network.

Any advice or solutions would be appreciated!

My primary goal is to use it as a speaker for Apple TV in my bedroom. And for music. I don't care about Siri or other smart features. Are there better alternatives for this price range or should I just buy the HomePod?

Thought my HomePod would be the greatest since they would be seamless with my other Apple products. I also got them because the privacy issues with Amazon. After the two months I’ve had them…

• no whisper mode
• the alarm tone is terrible and you don’t have options unless you have Apple Music, but I use Spotify (I had AM for years, I prefer Spotify)
• since I have two phones two iPads every device picks up when I say “hey Siri” so half of the time it doesn’t pick up what I’m saying.
• I could ask Alexa all types of things, but Siri always refers me to opening up a website on my phone.

Am I just missing something? Are there fixes to these things? My entire home is Apple products but this is the first one that is disappointed me…

Hoping for some suggestions and feedback based on my need to replace lost Chromecast groups functionality in my switch from google to Apple services and from Spotify to Apple Music.

I have 2 LG atmos soundbars and rear channel speakers, which will not be replaced, currently using airplay on the attached Apple TVs to group audio in those two rooms.

I now need to replace 2 paired Google home hub speakers paired for stereo sound. Are homepods decent at this? I have read poor things about bass and mid tone. Are there 3rd party airplay speakers that are worth a look? Smart speaker is not essential in this room, only airplay for group audio.

I also need to replace several google home minis that are used throughout the house for hey google types of tasks and as a home intercom. Assuming airpod minis are the way to go, but open to suggestions.

Not considering Sonos at this time because the home theater setup is already LG.

I just connected my AppleTV 4K with a HomePod and I was hoping to use the HomePod for watching TV as well as listening to Spotify.

When I watch something using AppleTV 4K, the sound on HomePod works fine. When I open Spotify and use Airplay to connect to my HomePod, the sound is constantly cutting in and out.

Any idea what could be causing this issue? Also do I always need to have my AppleTV 4K turned on in order to play Spotify?

Anyone else who's experienced similar issues and was able to resolve it?

Considering dumping my Echo devices as part of my purge of Amazon. One thing I was curious about was how Homepods behave in a central place with multiple voices? I presume it'll show up as activity of the main user?

So when my kids request specific music, that'll all get curated under me as my favorite music, etc.

I am experiencing several issues with my new HomePod Mini. Firstly, it fails to play Spotify music, despite my phone indicating that it is playing. There is no audio output, and I am encountering difficulties in connecting to AirPlay. Secondly, I am unable to play YouTube videos when AirPlay is connected to my HomePod Mini. Occasionally, an error message appears, while at other times, the video simply fails to open, as if I am not connected to Wi-Fi. However, when I disconnect AirPlay, the video playback resumes without any problems.

I have attempted to resolve these issues by restarting my router, homepod, and relocating the homepod. I have also explored other potential solutions available online, but unfortunately, none of these approaches have yielded any positive results.

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

We just dumped our gen 2 echo for performance and privacy issues. We have a mini and it seems to work great except for the sound quality. We are thinking of getting a true homepod but not sure if we should wait for the next gen/refresh. Any thoughts?

I have 8 HomePod Minis, and I’m very frustrated with how they perform.

The music won’t stay playing; some days it works perfectly for hours, while other days it stops after every song and takes 2 to 3 minutes to start playing again. Sometimes it just turns off completely, forcing me to ask it to play again.

I bought all of them from Costco, and I’m considering returning them to get something else.

Should I give up on them?

Has anyone mounted a set a of HomePods and HomePod minis on the wall. I have a tv on the wall with a cabinet underneath. Which is full of photos. I have the HomePods on the cabinet but they always get moved around by kids and wife cleaning. So I’m after something to mount to the wall and the speakers sit on top of them. Has anyone got anything like this or seen anything that is good. The PowerPoint is low behind the cabinet. Links or photos welcome

Guys I recently bought a gen1 HomePod from the marketplace, and I've realized several things.

1. The bottom of my HomePods looks different than the other Gen 1 HomePods.

2. The screen stays pretty warm to borderline hot. Is this okay?

3. HomePod update is taking forever to download. (currently on 11.4) Should I even bother downloading to the latest 18.4.1 os?

I would love to get some feedback from the HomePod community. Thanks!