HomePods no longer just work?

[Tozovac]

Two years and several MacOS’s ago our 2 1st gen HomePods, 2 2nd gen HomePods, and 4 HomePod minis connected and worked flawlessly.

Now with every Mac and iPad and iPhone fully updated, we can rarely connect to any of our HomePods quickly, and when one finally connects it disconnects randomly. Very, very frustrating.

Is anyone else experiencing this, and found any fix?

I found having to reconnect some of the HomePods to the Home app helped a bit but things are far from as robust and consistent as they were two years ago. What the heck gives. I don’t see much chatter about this on Mac rumors but I can’t be the only one.

 

[snash22]

Two years and several MacOS’s ago our 2 1st gen HomePods, 2 2nd gen HomePods, and 4 HomePod minis connected and worked flawlessly.

Now with every Mac and iPad and iPhone fully updated, we can rarely connect to any of our HomePods quickly, and when one finally connects it disconnects randomly. Very, very frustrating.

Is anyone else experiencing this, and found any fix?

I found having to reconnect some of the HomePods to the Home app helped a bit but things are far from as robust and consistent as they were two years ago. What the heck gives. I don’t see much chatter about this on Mac rumors but I can’t be the only one.

I have no answers but I share your pain.

What brand router do you have? I have a TP-Link AX55 Pro

 

[Tozovac]

I have no answers but I share your pain.

What brand router do you have? I have a TP-Link AX55 Pro

TP-Link Deco.

But what's really crazy is, my wife's iPad Air (the last one with the button on the front) has NO PROBLEMS connecting to any one of the HomePods. But I can't with my M1 iPads or M1 MacBook Air. Could it be a processor thing...? This is nuts, I can't even use my HomePods. It makes a connection (supposedly) because the iPad speaker drops, and I see the HomePod icons in the control panel, but zero sound/volume.

 

[xraydoc]

I have a TP-Link Deco BE11000. No issues with my several HomePods connecting, responding to commands or streaming music. I have two original HomePods and 6 minis.

 

[erihp]

i have HPMs and they seem to function how they always have.