chaicka

Good article which will help many others.

Unfortunately, I have to say this firmware 13.2.1 for HomePod is still buggy. The multi-user recognition is only partially working for mine, and issue has been escalated to Apple Engineering. Hand-off is not working reliably as I am only able to find success once or twice while most times it simply fails.

BleuTreeLux said:

Any word from Apple on when they foresee to issue a fix. I have the 13.2 version downloaded but not installed (I was lucky to switch off the automatic updates just in time) so everything still works fine under the previous version. Wonder if I will have to get rid of the previous download before being able to download the corrected version ... if so, how would you do that ?

I have finally managed to rid the iPad Pro (which uses master account for entire HomeKit and that HomePod is also linked to) of the downloaded HomePod 13.2 firmware. Here are the steps I did though not sure which exact one did the trick (on assumption the Auto Update has already been disabled):

• Check and make sure the HomePod is still on 12.4 (this is shown on the HomePod properties/details menu right at the bottom of the long page).
• Power down the HomePod.
• On iPad Pro (which is my HomePad to control HomeKit as well as some other home automation, infrastructure, etc), click the install and let it run awhile. Nothing happens cause HomePod is powered off, so no harm there.
• On iPad Pro, shut it down via the General settings.
• Once iPad Pro powered down, power up the HomePod and check to make sure it is functioning as per normal (since it is still on 12.4).
• Power up iPad Pro, go to Home app. Now the Software Update badge is gone. Going into Software Update and it will not show any 13.2 update, just stating HomePod is up to date at 12.4.

Just look at where and how most breaches happened historically.

• Magnetic strips being easily clone by a small device used to swipe the credit card under the cashier top.
• Embedded chips (earlier version) being clone despite encryption.
• RF (e.g. PayWave) being subject to fraud transaction simply by having someone with a transactional device standing besides you in a crowded place.

Hope these regulators all over the world stop their hidden agenda (which is not out to advance and enhance our lives) and take away the only safer transaction option we now have after decades of credit thefts/frauds.

Where were these regulators when Nokia was the largest marketshare and everything is closed-door on their ecosystem back then?

Pardon me to be asking as I would like to see what is the odd that common factor(s) may be what is causing HomePods to brick.

Does those bricked HomePod run as HomeKit and has 3rd party HomeKit devices (e.g. Philips Hue, Eve) connected to it?

The 'Install Updates Automatically' button is always grey-out on devices which is not login to the same 'master-admin ID' of your 'Home'.