Comments on: HomePod Unavailable in Home App or Not Showing Up? How To Fix https://appletoolbox.com/homepod-not-showing-up-or-unavailable-in-home-app/ Tools and Fixes for Mac, iPad, iPhone & iWatch Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 By: Howard Brazee https://appletoolbox.com/homepod-not-showing-up-or-unavailable-in-home-app/#comment-1515151 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 04:58:40 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=47554#comment-1515151 I changed my iCloud password, and the last thing I found was that my HomePod didn’t talk with my iPhone (although I could play music from my iMac on my HomePod). I reset my HomePod, and kept trying to get my iPhone to connect. Sometimes the setup screen came up, but I got the following message:

“Only the owner of My Home can set up HomePod for this home. Ask them to complete setup on their iPhone.”

Huh? I am the owner. My iPhone used to control it. My iPhone is connected to the right network (as is my iMac).

How do I set up my HomePod again with my iPhone the way it used to be?

]]> By: Jason https://appletoolbox.com/homepod-not-showing-up-or-unavailable-in-home-app/#comment-1320639 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:05:41 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=47554#comment-1320639 THANK YOU for this article and how-to. Apple’s troubleshooting guides were totally useless in fixing the problem(s) after a Mojave update and password change. Nothing they said would happen did, and nothing they showed actually appeared. But your guide worked beautifully.

]]> By: Antonio https://appletoolbox.com/homepod-not-showing-up-or-unavailable-in-home-app/#comment-1299307 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 08:03:45 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=47554#comment-1299307 Thank you. I reset the HomePod and it works now as a hub!! It blows my mind that this kind of information or troubleshooting is not on the Apple help section.

]]> By: George https://appletoolbox.com/homepod-not-showing-up-or-unavailable-in-home-app/#comment-1260270 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:53:33 +0000 https://appletoolbox.com/?p=47554#comment-1260270 I’ve tried all these steps multiple times, but still cannot get the HomePod to appear normally. I have been using HomeKit since it first came out and never had a problem like this. I have an iMac on the most recent Mac OS High Sierra, iPhone X on iOS 11.3, Apple Watch Series 3 on watchOS 4.3, iPad Pro on iOS 11.3, Apple TV 4K on tvOS 11.3 and HomePod on iOS 11.3. All these devices are signed in with the same iCloud account and I have iCloud Keychain and 2 Factor Authentication turned on. I have an AirPort Time Capsule (latest model) as my main router and AirPort Extreme (latest model) extending my wifi network. I have fiber internet with 100 mb up and down and have a 2.4 GHz/5 GHz wifi network, but that has never been a problem for me with HomeKit or any of my devices connected to wifi. Still shows as No Response and Hub Disconnected. The Apple TV 4K has the same issue as well. I have lost HomeKit remote functionality. Somehow, I’m still able to use Siri, AirPlay and send personal requests on the HomePod. I just cannot access the HomePod’s settings, set alarms or play/pause it. I have tried toggling on and off iCloud Keychain, signing in and out of iCloud on all my devices, even removing my home several times and even restoring my Apple TV 4K and HomePod several times to no avail. Even bought and exchanged 3 different HomePods to rule out it being something wrong with the device. Only thing I was able to successfully do was create a new Apple ID and set up the HomePod with that to test a theory, and it worked perfectly, as it should, which leads me to believe it has something to do with my Apple ID, iCloud, or iCloud Keychain, or maybe something else entirely. The only thing different between this new account that the HomePod worked with and my “good”Apple ID I regularly use is that it was not setup as a family sharing account in iCloud, whereas my “good” Apple ID is set up as the family owner in iCloud. I haven’t yet tried starting a new family account with the new Apple ID and seeing if the HomePod remains functional and retains remote HomeKit functionality. Also, I don’t if related, but I have lost the ability to use Handoff and AirDrop. I no longer receive phone calls on my iMac or iPad. I don’t know what else to try and apple support is useless. Been working with them for over 2 months now. I know I’m not the only one with this issue as I’m messaging people on Apple’s forums and Reddit that have the same exact issue.

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