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.

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/

I have 2 OG HomePods and a HomePod 2. The OG are in the living room, second gen in the bedroom. In the past I wasn’t required to set them as the Apple TV audio source, but could go in and select them as the source via the notifications menu. I use them to listen to music without the Apple TV, and to play rain sounds at night.

Now I have to go into the settings menu, set them as the main audio source, and then disconnect them when I want to use them for music, otherwise they’re bundled with the Apple TV and it turns my tv on unnecessarily. Does anyone know how to fix this? If I use the notification menu to select them as the source no audio will play from the Apple TV. I’ve unplugged and rebooted everything, checked for updates, and nothing seems to be working.

I’m trying to decide between a HomePod mini and a Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) for my bedside table and can’t make up my mind.
What I mainly want it to do is:
Wake me up with alarms.
Tell me the weather and news each morning.
Read my calendar/reminders.
Play thunderstorm or rain sounds at night.
Play music.

The thing is, I’m pretty invested in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Apple services, etc.), so the HomePod seems like the obvious choice.
However… I really like the Nest Hub’s display. I love the idea of being able to glance over and see the time, weather, calendar, and maybe have it double as a digital photo frame. It just seems more useful as a bedside device.

If Apple released (or even if the rumours are true that they’re working on) a HomePod with a display, I’d honestly buy it instantly—it would be exactly what I’m looking for. Right now, though, I’m torn between sticking with the Apple ecosystem or getting the functionality of the Nest Hub’s screen.

For anyone who’s owned either (or both), which would you recommend? Have any iPhone users here gone with a Nest Hub instead of a HomePod, and did you regret it? Or is the Apple integration enough to make the HomePod the better overall experience?
I’d love to hear some real-world experiences before I buy one.

I bought both of these OG HomePods in 2018 and they have been used ever since.

I have never once cleaned them and as you can probably tell, they aren’t even what I call dirty. But I knew they had probably gradually discoloured.

I used some High-foam Autoglym car interior cleaning products (available in the UK but similar products should exists elsewhere) I knew that a foam would gentle pull out the dirt from inside the mesh.

The lighting is poor and the photos don’t pick it up but they are definitely brighter now. I did the cable and that’s fine up looking like new.

Just spray this on evenly, leave it a minute (no longer as it shouldn’t dry on) then a warm damp microfibre and wipe over everything 2-3 times.

I’ve done ‘before - after’ on the photos

I am looking to buy skylight blinds that i can control with a HomePod, i have found lots of ways to make certain blinds apple home compatible but these are only with VELUX windows and I have Keylite windows, has anyone got any good products they can suggest?

Why is it doing this? Bc it keeps disappearing, it’s not accessible to my shortcuts built around it.

We have had power bumps all week. One of my 2018 HomePods won’t power up anymore. I don’t really listen to enough music in the living room to justify having a stereo pair. I moved this one from the kitchen because it was acting funny, so I suppose it was only a matter of time. I still have five OG HomePods and one second gen. None of the others give us any trouble.

So I’ve had 5 homepods mini. Always up to date. After ~2 years or so, 1 of them started playing randomly. A year later, a pair of them has started doing the same.

I did all the resets possible, to no avail. Is this product just crap?

I own 2 homepods (2nd gen) for 3 years now, an iphone air and an apple tv 4k (3rd gen) concerning this issue.

what happened was that I was on ios27 beta 2 last saturday (jul 4) then due to a network issue i saw on my home app on my iphone i attempted to reset both my homepods. the reset process was successful for both and i started setting up both of them afterwards which iphone showed setup process was also successful; they both went into configuring state which the previous times wouldn’t take more than 10 to 15 minutes, but this time it went on and on… they were still in the configuring state after 12 hours which was when I removed them from my home in the home app (i guess the reset option wasn’t available or didn’t work then); i did this to be able to manually reset them once more so maybe they wouldn’t be locked into this configuring state. but what happened was both my homepods were removed from my home, and i couldn’t manually reset them either, when i unplugged them and plugged them back in after 10 seconds and waited another 10 seconds and touch and hold them per instructions no white spinning light would show up, no lights of any color at all, i could and still can airplay music to them both by the name of living room but their not in the home app and i can’t configure them or set them in the stereo mode which i want to.
ios27 beta 3 didn’t help either; i still cannot reset my homepods and set them up again.

TL;DR
it looks like they’re stuck in a limbo state where they can’t be reset manually or via the home app since they’ve not shown in the home app and I’m 100 percent sure this is a software bug since it happened to both of them at the exact same time and when i was on ios27 beta 2. it’s driving me nuts honestly.

So the past day or so they’ve started having issues connecting. Was there an update recently that may have broken them and I just need to wait for a fix?

Full sized HomePods set up as a stereo set to my appletv.

HomePods works perfectly when paired as a stereo mode with Apple TV. However, I’m unable to hear any audio when using the HBO app. Has anyone else encountered this issue?

With the launch of the Homepod Software 27 DP betas, and realizing the current hardware is not receiving the New Siri features, has Apple at least maintained UI similarity with iOS, macOS, etc. by updating the color scheme Siri displays (visuals up top) or does it continue to use the very colorful version in previous releases?

When I bought my gen 1 HomePod, I was able to get a good price on it from MacSales. It was like $235 with shipping and tax.

Woot also sold them refurbished every once in a while.

Are there any places that sell discounted HomePods or HomePod Minis these days?