While theHomePoddelivers the telling audio quality , it has n’t quite delight the widespread success of competing smart speakers like theGoogle Home MiniandAmazon Echo . And now , things have just bring sorry now thatApple ’s iOS 13.2 patchhas reportedly started bricking HomePods .
iOS 13.2 and audioOS ( the O that Apple uses on the HomePod ) was release yesterday shortly afterApple announced its new AirPods Pro , which prompted many users to update their equipment . Unfortunately , following the update , multiple usersonReddit , Twitter , theMacRumors forum , and other places started run into outlet their HomePods .
The problem for Apple seems to have multiple layer , because , alongside the software updates , Apple Music also give way offline temporarily . This stimulate users to try out to unpair or reset their HomePods , only for the HomePod to get stuck in an infinite boot grummet , with the HomePod reportedly depict a spinning while phonograph recording alternatively of the normal multicolored pattern see in the flick above .
Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo)
Meanwhile , other drug user reported that simply updating their twist to the modish version of audioOS was enough to make their HomePods unusable . Apple has since pull all of its recent software to prevent users from updating their gimmick , and now , any attempt to deploy the update will simply time out .
On Reddit , amegathread in the HomePod subredditadvises anyone who did update their gadget not to unpair or reset their HomePod , and if you downloaded the update but have n’t installed it yet , you ’ll need to have off on that too .
presently it ’s unclear how Apple is formally responding to reports of bricked HomePods , though one exploiter did mention that Apple Support did reach out in an cause to replace their break HomePod with a new twist . We make out to Apple for an prescribed financial statement , and will provide an update if we hear back .
However , the big concern for Apple users is that between legion issues withmacOS Catalinaand fresh problems iOS 13.2 and audioOS , elevate the software program on your Apple equipment shortly after release is becoming an progressively risky suggestion .
[ Update 10/31 ] Apple has re - exhaust the most recent iOS update ( now version 13.2.1 ) , which includes upgrades for the HomePod like music hand off , HomeKit scene , and sopor timer , along with a fix for previously bricked HomePods .
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