Hello dear community, I am interested in your opinion: I look for a speaker for my Apple TV 4K. After getting a Sonos play:1 and finding out that the speaker is not supported by AirPlay 2, I am looking for a replacement. I stumbled across a used HomePod gen 1 for 150€. But I am wondering: is it worth buying a used HomePod for that price in 2025 when there are rumours of a new lineup of HomePods around the corner and or better alternatives out there?

I am a student so funds are limited. My room has about 10qm^2.

Plus I am kinda scared that the HomePod mini does not deliver a deep bass experience as a Sonos play:1 did while listening to music.

What do you guys think?

So bought my HomePod 2 about 10months ago. Was planning on buying a second one to use as home theatre and only bought one to try out.

I was shocked to how bad the sound quality was. It was like the bass wasn't tuned correctly. The last update corrected it!! The sound is amazing... But now the problem is when using it with ps5 or other devices through eArc it plays fine then an hour or so later it distorts and gets crackly!

Is this common?

I want to get these. But trying to convince the wife is a lot harder than it seems.

I have a 65in 4K TCL Q-LED TV mounted on the wall with the latest Apple TV box, I have a LG SJ4 soundbar with subwoofer. It’s very outdated.

If I do eventually get these, I’ll fit a shelf below the mounted TV on the wall.

Will I notice a huge improvement over this aging LG soundbar? I’ve never used HomePods so have no idea what they’ve like. If it helps, I like a lot of bass. Not enough for next doors neighbours house to hear it though if you know what I mean.

Thanks.

EDIT: full sized HomePods, not the minis

Hello I have 3 HomePods in my bedroom 2 are pair as R and L, the last is alone

How can I connect the 3 at the same time? Thank you

Did anybody have simular problem and knows what is sorcue of the problem and what is solution?

-homepod has slight pop when asking it for first time or presing for siri -after that i starts to plays really good for 10 min -after 10min first thing that happens it volumen goes down on it's own and it is noticeable -after that 1 min later static begin to be heard and it is louder and louder -eventually it makes another pop, static stops and music stops playing and home pod disconnects from internet and white light circles -than their is more static randomly while it doesn't play anything and it gets hot

Video sample: https://youtu.be/ciwOiJCHb4c?si=OBk1C57malz4LDvJ

Just came here to say that I fudging love my OG HomePods.

That is all.

Hello. I just got my second homepod mini, bringing me to a total of two. One in the bedroom, one in the living room. I would like to be able to use them separately at night so I did not stereo pair them. Instead, I would ask siri to play some music everywhere or switch it from the bedroom to the livingroom, this is done with a single click in spotify, but if I try to ask siri about this she just says she can’t.

Anyone knows any fixes or similar situations? Thanks.

i have setup the device two times in a row now and when I ask it to find my phone, it keeps saying: “iphone is not available.” it is on 18.3 and i am using it at this moment to type this rant. i even locked the phone and it still can’t find it.

the voice assistant is hot fucking preprogrammed garbage that has no meaningful integration with an llm.

when i set alarms on my phone, the homepod doesnt see it.

oh and i cant use this phone as audio output like i can with my airpods.

like what the fuck is this shit man.

Hi, i found this post while having the same issues. Music playing starts crackling and popping, AirPlay is unreliable and son on.

How about you? Are you having the same issues?

My gen 2 HomePod, that's almost 2 years old, went rogue for last 3 months after I came back from a short vacation.

Not sure if she went rogue while I was away as no one was there to witness it.

Started playing music on her own without prompting, playing, pausing, skipping all without interaction. The light on top kept showing the white circle when nothing was playing. Touch surface and voice recognition was unresponsive.

Resetted and rebooted infinite times. Then she quieted down else I needed to physically unplug her. Updated to 18.3 and seemed like alls well, but issue was still there.

Unplugged her again and called Apple Support but no resolution. After going to Apple Service Center multiple times, they saying this is out of warranty and can’t be repaired and I need to buy new one of worth 32K INR yet again. WTF?

Such expensive product and they don’t provide after services. They do say that it’s applicable for product service yet too service center denies that it cant be repaired. I have already filed a consumer complained against Apple. Either they fix my product or give a new one without any extra cost.

Just wondering if this problem is very common amongst the gen 2 HomePods.

First time ever posting on any subreddit, BUT i feel i must share.

I wanted to use eARC so i could watch 4K Blu-Rays through my Xbox and have the good sound of the homepods compared to crappy TV speakers. whenever i went to use the Xbox i had really bad stuttering, almost sounded like it was sort of looping (not sure if that makes sense) Homepods didn’t have any issues when watching something through the AppleTV, only when changed source to xbox or the Tv OS.

I’ve been trying to figure out the problem for weeks i searched for so long and found nothing that would help.

If anybody is having a similar issue this is how i fixed it.

1. Reset home pods
2. Unplug both
3. Plug in and set up only 1
4. Use that homepod for the audio output
5. Test and see if it comes through clearly.

if it does you should be in luck as this is what worked for me.

then unplug the homepod that works plug in the other one and go through the same steps. after this i created stereo pair and they both seem to be working flawlessly. not sure if all steps are necessary but that’s what i did to make them work.

hopefully this helps someone, not sure if this was the right place to post. GL! :)

So my gen 2 HomePod, that’s 1 and a half years old, went rogue 2 days ago after I came back from a short vacation. Not sure if she went rogue while I was away as no one was there to witness it.

Started playing music on her own without prompting, playing, pausing, skipping all without interaction. The light on top kept showing the white circle when nothing was playing. Touch surface and voice recognition was unresponsive.

Resetted and rebooted her three times. Then she quieted down else I needed to physically unplug her. Updated to 18.3 and seemed like alls well.

Until 6am she decided to blast Adele, playing, pausing, skipping songs and wouldn’t stop. Unplugged her again and called Apple. Brought her to the Genius Bar and she truly died while they were running diagnostic tests. Luckily I’m getting a replacement under warranty.

Just wondering if this problem is very common amongst the gen 2 HomePods.

Just bought a new HomePod Mini to replace Google Home Mini.

I'm new to the HomePod Mini and Home App on my iPhone, I can't see a way to have Siri speak at regular times. In Google Home there is an routine called Workday where the assistant will speak at a given time throughout the day to remind me to take a break, take lunch, wrap up for the day etc

I can see the Shortcut App on iPhone can do this and Siri speaks on my iPhone but not in the Home App to have Siri speak on the HomePod.

Is this not possible on the HomePod Mini and Home App?

Hi,

Anyone realises since 18.3, my paired homepod does not do adhoc connection to my Apple TV but stays on Wifi 5G.. yes its still working but I thought Adhoc connection with ATV is far more superior than just on Wifi5G?

Before that I will disable & enable Default Audio Output on ATV and it automatically change to the Adhoc connection.

How I know? On my Router apps it will show my paired HP as Wired.

Anyone experiencing this? 😅

I just lost my TV speakers, something terrible happened and now they sound awful. I'm considering getting two HomePods for my 14x16 bedroom, but I'm not sure if they can get loud enough. I watch movies and listen to music in Dolby Atmos from my Apple TV and also game on PS5. I like how clean HomePods look without taking up an HDMI port. I never liked soundbar but also I had not good ones in the past so there's that.

So a couple of weeks ago ago I saw a post of someone asking something similar, but getting downvoted to oblivion because apparently he was wrong. But here I am with the same issue.

I could disabled dolby atmos before in the music setting of the home app or in the Apple TV settings when I decided to airplay to the HomePods.

However now I use my HomePods as TV speaker via eARC and they automatically turned on atmos with seemingly no way to turn it off.

If I open settings, Video and Audio, Audio format shows Auto, Atmos available
So far so good, but when I open that setting it says Change format -> off and dolby atmos -> On

Both of those are greyed out and I can't change anything.

While I enjoy atmos for movies I hate it for music because some tracks are just mixed like garbage for it.

Is this restriction normal?

HomePod 2 stereo pair running via the latest gen Apple TV so 4k 4th gen? All running the latest OS.

Bought a new in box gen 1 HomePod from FB and I'm able to airplay to it, but I can't get it to use any of my HomeKit devices cause it's stuck on configuring.

The current version is 11.2.5, is it too old for this HomePod to be able to update to the most up to date version?

Update: I made a new home and setup the homepod and waited about a full day and randomly got a notification the homepod was updated.

It still said it was on 11.2.5 despite the notification, but I went ahead and removed the accessory and factory reseted it and now it's on 18.3 and working good!

Siri speaks very low voice even tho i asked to increase the voice , which it did but it goes back to low again. Anyone experiencing it? Or know how to fix?

Given the rumours of a new model, is it still worth it? I’m not planning on them being anything much more than smart-ish desk speakers as I’ve read that they’re sort of the best on the market for sound quality at that price bracket?

I have an Apple TV as my home hub and don’t use Siri voice control much anyway as I’m autistic and can’t seem to string my words together well enough for smart speakers.

Or as it’s just rumours, should I just take the plunge now?

I typed in "HomePod Sale" into google, and a local staples came up with the HomePod listed as being on sale 17% off, for 249.00. I guess their default price is currently 299.99.

Looks like it's currently on sale for $285 on the Staples website, but still full price on Amazon, etc.

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This is going to be a weird question. I'm able to play audio to both my Samsung S90E TV and my two HomePods. However, the audio seems to reach the HomePods slightly faster than on the TV. I've set the TV to game mode to reduce the TV lag, and made sure they're both on the same WiFi. I'm wondering if there's a way to purposely set a small delay to the audio signal going to the HomePods so I can line up the audio for both?

My god what a horrible update overall. Every time we have an update for the HomePod mini my stereo just stops working, they ungroup and 1 only stays connected to the Apple TV it’s actually driving me up the wall now. Can the next update stabilize stereo connection between 2 HomePods that’s all I ask.

I see one selling locally for $150 NIB; wondering if I should buy it or spend more for gen 2?

Hello, i have pair of homepods for my LG C3 tv as a speaker, does anyone know if i can keep my HomePods through ATV and add beatspill through the bluetooth on my TV?

I've had mixed results trying to AirPlay to HomePod minis...dropouts, weird conversions to HomePod taking over from iOS devices, etc.

To that end, I usually use the Home app on iOS to tell the HomePods to play something and that seems more reliable (with the occasional HP weirdness that is normal). I wanted to use the Home.app on my mac to do the same. However, other than showing the tile for it with the words "Playing" or "Paused" you can't actually make it do anything to control the HP.

Am I missing something or is this the current state of things going on 7 years now?

I have a mini that I haven't turned on for quite a while (maybe a year or more). When I turn it on it is obviously on my network but doesn't show up in Home. I've tried resetting it by booting, pressing for a long time, and waiting for the beeps. This doesn't work. I don't have the box with the bar code and I'm looking for other solutions for resetting it. Thanks!

i've bought two second gen homepods today and the first set up easy. this second one however has spent 40 minutes staying on the setting up icloud configuration page, i've reset the homepod and i've reset my phone as well and i dont know what else to do?

Hey all -

We have multiple homepods (2 OG paired with our Tv in stereo, and 3 minis around the house). We use a three node Linksys mesh, so coverage is not an issue. I’ve experienced this sporadically before, but with 18.2 (and now 18.3) audio drift has become a regular issue. A delay develops between the speakers, that can be remedied with a stop start of the music, but it’s guaranteed to happen again and again.

Any ideas?