Hi Donna, On your iPhone or iPad, go to your Home app. Do all the rooms and devices within those rooms show as responsive? Next, if you have the intercom feature enabled, try asking Siri to intercom to such and such of room where the HomePods are registered. So, you would say “Hey Siri, intercom the Living Room, why are these HomePods being so stupid?” What you’ve said to your iPhone/iPad should be said in the Living Room, or whatever room the HomePods were registered in when implementing the intercom command. If you have multiple rooms with HomePods or HomePod Minis, try doing the intercom command from one room to the other. If all that works fine, try asking Siri to play the album from a different set of HomePods or Minis. I’m trying to determine here if it is the specific HomePod or HomePod set, HomePod mini or HomePod mini set, or something different.
You did say that Siri responded better when you asked her to play the album on your iPhone or iPad I believe? This does make it seem like there’s an issue with the HOmePods, but it’s difficult to narrow down. Do you have your iPhone or iPad nearby when asking Siri to do things on the HomePods or Minis? I ask this because there is sort of a proximity thing with Siri. That is, the closest device will hear the request, but if Siri believes that the request is directed at a different device than the closest one, she will transfer the request over to the appropriate device. So, if your iPad or iPhone is right beside you, and the HomePods are in the same room, and you ask her to play such and such an album, she should recognize that you want that on the HomePods automatically and transfer the request over to the HomePods even though the closest device was your iPhone/iPad. With this in mind, sometimes, the iPhone or iPad’s on-device Siri recognition will do some of the work then move the request to the HomePods and you might get better results. All sorts of straw grasping here. I hope something helps you either make it work better, or it just resolves itself. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Feb 9, 2022, at 06:25, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > So this has almost gotten commical. Here is what I did this morning. > > First, I told the homepod to play an album, which failed, as expected. So I > decided to see if I could trick her into doing what I want, so I told her to > play that artist. I then just kept saying Next Track until she finally > played a track from the album i had originally wanted. Then I said Play this > album. Lo and behold, my album started playing. > > The next challenge was to have the music played in the room where I was > actually sitting. Ever since the update, Siri doesn’t play to my Sonos > speakers. I think the problem is that when I say Kitchen, Dining room, and > family room, she thinks I’m talking about one speaker called > kitchendiningroomandfamilyroom. So, I had to go to my iPad, open the control > center, open media controls, and select the speakers I wanted manually. I > think you may be right, Joe, it’s easier to just use Sonos, even though you > don’t have voice control—or we don’t, b/c we don’t use Alexa. > > I thought Alexa was more reliable. Glad to hear it isn’t just Siri. > Cheers, > Donna > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 9, 2022, at 4:52 AM, joseph hodge <josephlho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I agree this sounds awful. It’s honestly one of the reasons I’ve kind of >> given up on voice assistance for now you never know what you’re going to >> get. Alexa is often OK but then randomly it doesn’t work. I guess we could >> say the same for operating systems to appoint but I like the old way of just >> using Sonos to the phone or airplane etc. Hope this gets fixed by Apple >> because it’s ridiculous that it’s not working for you. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 9:07 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Huh! Weird. Nope, no joy here. I was finally able to get Siri to play >>> the album I want by telling her to play artist, keep saying next track till >>> she played one from the album I wanted, and then say Play Album. But it >>> just shouldn’t be that hard. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 6:48 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>>> <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com <mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> >>>> All good with Siri up here in Canada. I asked four different times to >>>> play albums. >>>> >>>> 1. Hey Siri, play Taproot Manuscript by Neil Diamond. >>>> 2. Hey Siri, play Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. >>>> 3. Hey Siri, play the album 1X by Three Days Grace >>>> 4. Hey Siri, play Divide by Ed Sheeran. >>>> >>>> Each one worked as it should. >>>> >>>> Later… >>>> >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Jamf Certified Tech >>>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist >>>> Apple Teacher >>>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 13:55, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey, Tim, >>>>> >>>>> I’ll be curious to hear what you find out. I have converted albums with >>>>> unusual or foreign language names to playlist, and I agree that does make >>>>> it easier to play them >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 10:20 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>>>>> <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com >>>>>> <mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven’t experienced this on my HomePods. Although, I seldom ask Siri >>>>>> to play an album per se. I usually ask her to play a specific playlist >>>>>> from my library, or to play music that I like. I will check on this >>>>>> though when I get home. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS. If you do decide to dispose of your HomePods, let me know and I’ll >>>>>> take the full-sized ones off your hands :). >>>>>> >>>>>> Later… >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Jamf Certified Tech >>>>>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist >>>>>> Apple Teacher >>>>>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 08:40, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Anders, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When they work, they are awesome. And mine were working fine until >>>>>>> this last update. I do think Apple broke something in a big way. As >>>>>>> much as I like the HomePod and the mini, at the point that you spend a >>>>>>> half hour just trying to play an album and aren’t even successful in >>>>>>> the end, they aren’t worth it. >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> Donna >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2022, at 8:36 AM, Anders Holmberg <and...@pipkrokodil.se >>>>>>>> <mailto:and...@pipkrokodil.se>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Donna! >>>>>>>> You sem to have a lot of trouble with your home pod. >>>>>>>> I don’t own one because they’re not sold in Sweden I think. >>>>>>>> But I thank you for indirectly recommending something else. >>>>>>>> /A >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 8 feb. 2022 kl. 14:32 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>>>>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So, I just spent a half hour trying to get an album to play on my >>>>>>>>> Homepod and various Sonos speakers. Eventually, I just gave up and >>>>>>>>> played it on the Sonos speakers using the Sonos app. And since the >>>>>>>>> last update, this has been happening at least once a day. I >>>>>>>>> regularly get one of two error messages, either the Homepod can’t >>>>>>>>> find the requested content in my Apple Music library, or that it >>>>>>>>> can’t find the speaker. It doesn’t seem to matter whether I’m using >>>>>>>>> Siri on the Homepod, or trying to play music from either my phone or >>>>>>>>> iPad. And yes, I have unplugged and reconnected the HomePod, and also >>>>>>>>> done a reset. WT*! 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