First time AppleTV owner, I was waiting for the Dolby Surround update and here it arrived, so I went all in.

Now, I wonder if I should add a Subwoofer or not, my room is relatively small, but I do want it to sound as best as possible; I will see how it sounds without it first and decide then. Any feedback is anyway appreciated.

I’m considering buying the new Apple TV 4K (4th generation) with its built-in microphones, but I have a few questions before pulling the trigger.

I currently have an original HomePod in my living room, which I use for hands-free Siri and HomeKit control. My main frustration is that Siri takes several seconds to respond to commands. For example, when I say “Hey Siri, turn off the lights,” there’s a noticeable delay before she says “On it,” but the lights turn off almost immediately after that.

I’m wondering whether the new Apple TV could improve this experience.

1. Can the new Apple TV 4K listen for “Hey Siri” and respond to smart-home commands when the TV itself is off or in standby?
2. If the Apple TV and original HomePod are in the same room, which device actually picks up and responds to “Hey Siri”? Does Apple intelligently choose between them, or does the HomePod usually take priority?
3. Is there a way to make the Apple TV handle hands-free Siri commands while keeping the original HomePod for music and audio?
4. Could the new Apple TV’s hardware and Siri capabilities meaningfully reduce the delay before Siri acknowledges HomeKit commands, or is that delay likely caused by something else?
5. Would I be better off replacing the original HomePod with the new HomePod mini 2 instead?

Thanks a lot!

Have been thinking of adding some speakers to my Mac mini (2024 M4 chip) and was initially thinking go going to ERA 100's or now I'm thinking of the HomePod mini 2's. What do you all think maybe better? I have sonos throughout my house already and this would add sonos to my library/computer room.

Has Apple made any statement regarding a hardware-based solution for the "ghost touch" issue for the new HomePod mini 2?

Because there’s no way I’m buying these new HomePods if I end up having to disable the feature two years down the line—once the warranty has expired—and lose that functionality altogether...

They’ve come up with a software fix in the upcoming 27.2 update, but surely we want it to work perfectly on the new units, right?!

Hello,

for some reason since some time my Homepod gen2 (1 large, 1 mini) will SHOW they play a spotfiy song, but there is no actual sound.

Apple music, Podcasts (NOT from spotify), Siri... everything works and puts out sound.

Ive reinstalled spotify, cleared the cache, adjusted the streaming quality, turned homepods on and off, the same with the router..

I am at the end of my wits - any explanation or fix for that available?

All of the above was proposed by chat GPT.

Now I am asking here - thank you!

Hi all,
I am looking to connect HomePod gen2 via earc and the issue is that I cannot select my HomePod pair as audio output in the Apple TV app and the iPhone home app.

Here is my setup:
-Apple TV 4K 2nd gen connected to TV via earc hdmj port and hard wired internet
-SONY Z8h tv with enhanced data enabled on earc port
-2 HomePod gen 2 paired on a 5g wifi network
-ASUS gt-ax11000 router (can post 5g wifi settings as needed)

All devices are within 2 meters of the router

Issue: it just spins when I select the HomePod as audio output

I have tried deleting and recreating the stereo pair, selecting one HomePod and completely resetting my HomePods and even putting my Apple TV on the same 5g network. Any other idea

I’m considering buying the new Apple TV 4K (4th generation) with its built-in microphones, but I have a few questions before pulling the trigger.

I currently have an original HomePod in my living room, which I use for hands-free Siri and HomeKit control. My main frustration is that Siri takes several seconds to respond to commands. For example, when I say “Hey Siri, turn off the lights,” there’s a noticeable delay before she says “On it,” but the lights turn off almost immediately after that.

I’m wondering whether the new Apple TV could improve this experience.

1. Can the new Apple TV 4K listen for “Hey Siri” and respond to smart-home commands when the TV itself is off or in standby?
2. If the Apple TV and original HomePod are in the same room, which device actually picks up and responds to “Hey Siri”? Does Apple intelligently choose between them, or does the HomePod usually take priority?
3. Is there a way to make the Apple TV handle hands-free Siri commands while keeping the original HomePod for music and audio?
4. Could the new Apple TV’s hardware and Siri capabilities meaningfully reduce the delay before Siri acknowledges HomeKit commands, or is that delay likely caused by something else?
5. Would I be better off replacing the original HomePod with the new HomePod mini 2 instead?

Thanks!

Using HomePods as your TV for everything you connect to via ARC is great and all

But why should the TV go to sleep when it knows sending Audio to the console 😎

I know i can just switch to never sleep but i feel it should just know 😅

Or I'm missing something?

Apple just released the HomeView, new HomePod mini 2nd gen and Apple TV 4K 4th.

All of a sudden my Apple TV 4K and 2 HomePods stop working for different reasons. 1 HomePod is having a ghost touch issue, the other stop working after an update and the volume buttons just keep flashing. My Apple TV 4k froze in the middle of an update and is not able to be updated or reset because there’s no USB input. Now I need to replace these products.

Coincidence? Maybe? Maybe not especially since we know they were slowing down the iPhones. Smh 🤦‍♂️

Just me or are your home products tweaking lately?