The HomePod mini hit the market just a few weeks ago to grab a bigger share of the smart speaker market. Sales seem to be doing quite well but early buyers are detecting a problem with the WiFi connection. In this article we will tell you all about this failure and the possible solution that arises.
The HomePod is already starting to give problems
Apple products in their early days on the market seem to be always marked by a somewhat annoying failure. On this occasion, consumers who have bought a HomePod mini have reported problems with WiFi connectivity through Apple’s support forums. In particular, users report that the HomePod mini disconnects from the internet for no reason causing Siri to say ‘I’m having trouble connecting to the internet’. As we say, this problem occurs without problems in connecting other devices. This certainly opens the door for this to be a problem related to the HomePod itself and not the connection.
All users who have reported the problem have followed the solution proposed on the company’s website. This consists of restarting the speaker or restoring it to the initial settings as if it were just out of the box. Although at first this solution makes the music can be sent to the device and played, when Siri is asked for something it says it has problems with the internet connection. This can be solved with a reboot but in a short time it will say again that it has no connection.
It is undoubtedly a problem that the solutions proposed on Apple’s own website are temporary. With the time it takes to restore the HomePod and reconfigure it, it is inconceivable that it will be useless in future days as it will fail again. That is why we are clearly facing a failure that fully affects the operating system as a simple bug that cannot be resolved by restoring. This can only be solved through an update of tvOS, the operating system to which the HomePod is linked, where it can end up solving.
As we say, this does not come as any surprise to users. After the launch of the iPhone 12 mini, users saw how the lock screen could fail in regards to its touch function. This was eventually fixed with a software update that arrived last week that put an end to the problem once and for all. Without a doubt, this is something that we will see with the HomePod mini that many users are already receiving. Apple cannot allow the initial experience to be cut short by this issue. This is one of his ballots to finally get the competition to fall behind Apple when it comes to smart speakers.
