JosephAU
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Apple TV+ launches with original series and movies
iPhone 11 here, Australia, November 1st but no 1 year free trial. Maybe I have to wait for one more day until the sun comes around to my side of the world.
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Facebook launches redesigned iOS app, promises Messenger for macOS & more
What a bad design! Lose 1/4 of screen to tabs and everything is smaller. Hate it! -
Comparing Amazon's Fire TV Cube and the Apple TV 4K
“The Cube does gain some pluses for being able to turn the TV on”
The ATV can turn on the TV as well. As soon as I push a button on its remote the TV turns on and Siri can turn the Tv on too by saying play on Apple TV -
Can Apple's HomePod take on a surround sound theater system?
Volume for me on my Apple 4k Tv with 2 Homepods is very low and disappointing.
It’s 10x louder with music via iPhone/Apple Music.
I thought it was a bug!
I would of expected sound to be uniform via Apple TV, obviously I was wrong and hope Apple fix’s it, so it’s loud using on all devices.
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Apple HomePod coming to Canada, France & Germany on June 18, gets AirPlay 2 & stereo pairi...
No I haven’t contacted Apple, I know how to fix it by power cycling so I suspect it must be a software bug. It’s past my 14 day exchange and I live 3hr round trip from Apple store so I’m hoping for a firmware fix. Great idea with the digital timer but yes I agree it’s not the best solution.zroger73 said:
Have you contacted Apple? My first HomePod was one I pre-ordered from Apple and received on release day. It took a couple of weeks to exhaust all the normal troubleshooting steps including power cycling, rebooting, restoring, and re-pairing. Simply power cycling would restore proper operation for a day or two. I've contacted Apple several times. When it stops working, they have me cycle the power which makes it work again at which point there is nothing more to troubleshoot since it's working at that time. This is unacceptable, so I returned it to Apple (after a bit of a hassle since they wouldn't replace the unit unless it was deemed defective and wouldn't return it since it was after 14 days) and bought another one from a local store a few weeks later. It did the same exact thing! I had hoped the first firmware update from 11.2.5 to 11.3 would fix it, but it didn't. Now, I'm hoping 11.4 will fix it, but I'm not holding my breath. It's a shame this problem is souring my experience with Apple and HomePod. I love the design and sound of my HomePod, but rarely use it because of this issue. I never know the exact moment when Siri will become deaf and it's embarrassing when it happens in front of guests. "Hey, friends. Check out my HomePod! Hey, Siri, play some music. Okay - here's some songs you might like. Hey, Siri, skip this song. Music keeps playing. HEY, SIRI, SKIP THIS SONG. Music keeps playing. HEY SIRI!!!, STOP!!! Music keeps playing." The hardware is CAPABLE of hearing my normal tone of voice even while blasting music at 100% volume...AFTER A POWER CYCLE...but, as you point out a day or two later Siri becomes hard of hearing and I have to unplug the HomePod and plug it back in to restore proper operation. I resorted to plugging the HomePod into a $10 digital timer that turns the unit off for one minute at 3:00 AM every day. What a crappy workaround for a $350 Apple speaker!JosephAU said:
Me too, unplug homepod and it works for a day or two then back to ignoreing me lol. Hope 11.4 fixes this little bug, love the Homepod other than that.zroger73 said:Here's to hoping the 11.4 update fixes the problem with my HomePods becoming "hard of hearing" after hours/days following a power cycle.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HomePod/comments/7y79jm/i_think_my_homepod_is_hard_of_hearing/
