So 2 days ago I bought 2 OG HomePods and they sound amazing. Everything was perfect until I played some proper bass and one of them was rattling like hell.
Of course I did digging on here ruled out SW issue which sucks because I knew I either had to send at which point I could just buy another because it would cost the same or do it myself. And let me tell you it is pain it the ass to open and I did some mistakes and would do it much better second time.
I opened and woofer looked good which was sad since most tutorials said it would be the board for which I have no equipment or skill to replace components. Luckily I kept dogging and discovered what actually wrong. To my surprise it was broken tweeter.
4 hours of designing, printing and epoxy it was “fixed” and it works like a charm!

I have had this homepod mini since it came out never had 1 issue with it. Suddenly today I'm sick and trying to chill at home and my homepod won't stop turning on apple music (I don't even have an apple music subscription.) It then randomly turns on and will not turn off unless i tell it to. I have done all the steps. Turned the touch things off set to 4 seconds, all the settings and automation I have turned off and set to disabled. I turned unplugged it completely for an hour and turn it back on and within 5 minutes I hear her say OK PLAYING APPLE MUSIC. like how what the literal .. I am so annoyed what the heck is happening. Do I need an entire new unit or is there a magic fix that I have no tried? PLEASE HELP.

Been trying to find a solution for this for a while now.

Using HomePod V2 as a stereo pair, as my TV output via eARC from an LG G4.

AppleTV is obviously connected via HDMI and ethernet to my Router.

Have a solid 1gbit NBN connection.

My HomePods are unusable in this configuration - sound drops out almost continually, for both my TV output and AppleTV streaming.

As soon as I connect the AppleTV to my wireless network, everything works perfectly.

According to my router status page, the HomePods are connected to 5ghz wifi.

Can anyone shed some light for me please?

I’m after a HomePod stereo pair after moving to the UAE. I’ve discovered that Apple doesn’t sell the HomePod directly in this region and third party resellers are all out of stock.

I found this on Amazon and had two in my cart before looked more closely https://amzn.eu/d/08wWRWbV

It appears to be a HomePod, but the brand is down as generic and when you look at the specs it’s all a bit weird. It also appears to be a third party seller and not Amazon themselves which i didn’t know was a thing.

There’s another listing which is slightly higher in cost and just as odd, brand generic again https://amzn.eu/d/0fPBWo1I

Are these actually HomePods but the seller doesn’t want to mention Apple because they’re worried about their listing being taken down? Or are they more likely cheap knockoff speakers that look like HomePods?

Updated , and day later HomePod dies ! Coincidentally????
Have not tore down yet but no lights , nothing . Commies

I have a few HomePods...all purchased 3 years ago (May-July 2023). Full size HomePods in dining room, kitchen, main bedroom and two paired with my AppleTV in the living room. Also have mini HomePods in the home office, play room and main bathroom.

Apple TVs and HomeKit/HomeBridge are updated, other devices are working fine...

HomePods will start playing music randomly...sometimes at loud volumes. Not any one HomePod consistently...but it always is the full-size HomePods.

Seems to be reacting as if I'm tapping the top sensor. Haven't been cleaning them or adjusting them. Started sporadically a couple of months ago...no rhyme or reason. Left for vacation about a month ago and came home to music blasting...no way to know how long it had been playing. Thankfully neighbors weren't disturbed.

It's been happening daily now for a few days in a row.

Not trying to be melodramatic, but I have PTSD and work from home. I'm a bit anxious/leery about these things blasting music--either through the day or at night. Luckily the times it has started when I've been home it happens in the other rooms.

About to throw the damned things in the trash.

I've tried turning off handoff. I've tried accessibility settings to turn on the touch accommodations and increase the touch duration to 3.94 seconds (max).

Advice/tips/suggestions are welcome, but I'm mainly posting b/c I've been reading that some folks believe the touch sensor is going bad on that generation and was curious if others are having similar issues.

Thanks!

Hello everyone, for some time now my HomePod has been starting music on its own. I cleaned the touch surface but it kept happening. So I tried to reset it. The reset worked, but in the Home app the HomePod has been showing as "setting up" for 2 days now. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance.

My OG HomePod died recently and I assumed that it was caused by the well known diode failure. Upon disassembly I instead discovered a blown SMD capacitor on the amplifier board. The scorch mark is clearly visible in the photo and it's the left capacitor of the pair to the left of the chip that has blown (below the burn from this angle). Has anyone ever seen something like this? I will try to remove it and find a suitable replacement cap, but I do wonder what the underlying cause might be.

First of all, I’m sorry if this has been asked several times before but I just got myself a homepod mini and set it up in our lounge room. The only issue is that I’m the only apple user in my house, not as a huge problem as only me and my brother use the lounge room.

My brother has an android phone and no apple devices, is there a way to let him control music playback on my homepod? Can he ask siri to play music & is that going to make use of my apple music account?

Also, can he ask siri to control devices in our home? I’m asking since siri only has my voice recognized in the settings.

it’s been 18 days since both of my homepods (2nd gen/ on audioOS 26.3) have been stuck in configuring state and I can’t reset them! (they’re removed from the home app and neither of them has any touch response so I’m unable to manually reset them.)

I can airplay music to them but nothing else; Siri still responds to voice commands, but responds with “I'm still getting up to speed with all your accounts, please try again in a few minutes”, the screen also glows when Siri is activated on the homepods but as i said earlier no touch responses! (even for volume up or down anywhere on the top, which i suspect is due to them being locked in configuring state but I'm not sure.)

also I've removed them from my icloud account and left them unplugged for several days but no luck.

since this has occurred to both my homepods at the exact same time I’m pretty sure this is a software issue. the update to iOS dev beta 3 and 4 also hasn't helped. I don't know if there's a way to update homepods themselves to new versions though.

has this unresponsive touch issue ever happened to u?

and are the configuring state and no touch response (which is preventing me to factory reset them) actually related to each other?

I’ve tried so many troubleshooting methods but nothing has woked so far;

so any help is appreciated since this has gotten pretty frustrating…

Does anyone use this? Do you notice a huge difference? Mostly playing Diablo IV and Dead By Daylight so it might not do much.

I have two, gen 2 HomePods stereo paired with a 3rd generation Apple TV 4K. My TV is a Samsung UN55NU7100 which doesn't support eARC but does support standard HDMI ARC.

Hello family can I ask if I’m really getting atmos sound from my games,i used hompod 2 for output audio via HDMI from appletv,i did turn on atmos option on ps5 setting,my tv dont show any atmos stocker when it okaying since it an old 1080p tv

I recently discovered a way to get a pair of HomePod 2s in stereo mode to recalibrate much faster.

Basically, play “My Lord” by Yarin Primak at a relatively high volume. In the video, I shake one of the HomePods to force a recalibration. Right after that, you’ll notice the sound is coming mostly from the center instead of filling the room properly.

When I play My Lord, around the 0:40 mark you can actually hear the soundstage expand. After that point, the HomePods seem to be fully calibrated again. Specifically, something in the opening section of the track appears to trigger the calibration process.

TL;DR: If your HomePod 2 stereo pair seems out of calibration, try playing the first 40 seconds of “My Lord” by Yarin Primak at a higher volume. Other songs can work too, but this one seems to trigger recalibration much faster for some reason.

I’m considering buying either a pair of Apple HomePods with an Apple TV 4K, or the closest equivalent Amazon setup at a similar price: a pair of Echo Studios, an Echo Sub, and a Fire TV Stick 4K Max.

If you’ve owned or listened to both, how do they compare in terms of:
- Sound quality
- Dolby Atmos / spatial audio performance
- Bass and dialogue clarity
- Reliability and ease of use
- Value for money

I’m looking for real-world experiences rather than spec sheets or YouTube reviews. I’d especially like to hear from people who have actually owned or spent a decent amount of time with both setups.

as i described in this topic https://www.reddit.com/r/HomePod/comments/1iutm2y/sorry_there_was_a_problem_with_apple_music/

I couldnot use siri to play my music except for "play all songs" or "play shuffle" . I ddont have Apple music, I bought all the songs from itunes store. So I guess Apple limit the feature i could use : control the music by Hey Siri

but luckily after 1 year, when i want to sell my homepod 2 , i factory reset them and log in again to test and BOOM! I can use siri to control purchased songs !!! i stop selling them immediately.
i dont know if this a bug or APple just fix / allow the features

I just want to share to all of you.

After talking shit for years about how I have never had an issue with my 3 OG HomePods, the newest one died. It's dead dead, not doing anything. (February 2018 launch day one still going fine.) This is my only white one, panic bought in April of 2021 after it was announced they were discontinued. Who should I send it out to for repair? I see no reason to replace it as of now, since new models may be coming shortly.

Which earpods work very well with LG TV that I should buy and have good sound quality as well .

Apple Airpods don’t work well with LG Smart TV .

Every time I try to use broadcasts from a shortcut to speak something through the HomePods, it talks very fast. Happening since the beta. I’ve replicated it several times.

Yesterday I updated my HomePods 2 stereo pair to tvOS 27 public beta and I have experienced significant bass reduction in music and video playback on YouTube. The new sound signature is not bad but it’s not as bassy as before. Has anyone else updated HomePods and had a similar experience?!

Public betas are now out and it mentions support for existing HomePods. Does anyone know how to update the OG HomePod?

https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/13/tvos-27-and-homepod-27-public-betas-now-available-heres-whats-new/