Homepod mini handoff not working

You are correct. And you were describing the very problem that was the reason for this initial post. However the solution is listed above. By turning on your fitness tracking, it actually lets the real handoff happen.

I agree with you!...Just like so many of the other solutions I have read have nothing to do with handoff but for some it fixes it but most of them temporarily. I think its more by chance a coincidence it fixes a persons problem, its not a fix its just a bandaid that will peal off and come back.

Apple HandOff is built as a software of the script from “motion and fitness location” code on iPhone. If you have that turned off on privacy location settings , HandOff will not work. It’s like having your phone in airplane mode and expecting it to ring when someone calls you.

it’s not a Band-Aid fix.

I have an iphone 12 pro max and so does my daughter, mine works fine hers doesn’t. I just tested your non Band-aid fix idea and guess what? I turned off the motion and fitness tracking on my phone and my handoff on the homepod mini still works. As I said there are many solutions for different situations for everyone, there are so many variables but this one solution may help some but it didnt do anything for my daughters phones and it this motion and fitness tracking being turned on or off on my phone doesnt make a bit of difference it still works on my phone perfectly so I would say your statement is not accurate regarding the motion and fitness location needing to be on for handoff to work.

Thanks for clarifying but I think you can see my point. Theres so many variables and changes that work for some does not work for all. I think we can all agree theres a much bigger over all problem with the handoff that only Apple can fix with hopefully a software updates. People can be constantly trying to tweak their configs to get it to work and in the process break other features. I honestly suggest just stop wasting time on trying to fix the overall problem that we as the consumer will not be able to fix. I’ll say it again Apple needs to come up with a fix

Agreed. But I can say this. “My” solution came from this forum. After 2 hours on the phone with an apple Sr level specialist, he couldn’t help me. What ultimately got me back up and running was this community forum. But you are correct, Apple should be on top of this.

I just set up a mini and got what I expected. Handoff on an iPhone 12 mini but not a 12 Pro Max.

My first thought was this could be caused by the privacy toggle that disables UWB. Nope, that’s fine.

My second thought was this could be that handoff is disabled. Nope, that’s fine.

So I removed the mini from Home and re-added after power cycling it. Confirmed it’s on software 14.3. Still no handoff with the one phone.

When I saw how long this thread is I reset the mini and put it back in the box.

I’m not going to be a beta tester nor am I going to waste time helping Apple diagnose it and wonder if it will maybe, someday be fixed. Even considering I paid $15, it’s not worth it when it doesn’t do what Apple said it would.

I had the same issue with my iPhone 12 and 12 pro. I have the deviecs updated to the newest firmware. I also have Apple Watch paired with my iPhone. I have tried reset setttings but the hand off never works since I got it.

Somehow, I just reset the Home app and restart the HomePod mini today. It started working and no issues so far. It may be worth a try if you had the same issue.

the real reason why homepod mini is not working on your device is that it is mainly for iPhone 11 and up. apparently anything older than the iPhone 11 will have handoff support but with Airplay functionality. Sorry if Apple hasn't explained this in 100% full detail.

what type of phone are you using? if it is anything like the iPhone 11 or newer, it should work with everything you have attempted to do, if it's anything older than the iPhone 11 then it is required to use "Airplay handoff" in order to play music to and from your homepod or homepod mini

Had the same problem with all over my devices incl. HomePod (not mini). What helped was signing out of iCloud everywhere, restart all devices and afterwards signing back into iCloud again. Annoying, but did the job for me. Although some features like the iCloud clipboard seem to need an hour or so to work properly.

OMG!! Right after I said it doesn’t work for me, it magically I have done was turning on the fitness tracking as firemedilex said, then turned it off as I thought it wasn’t related. The pan yes it works!!

I had the same issue. I fixed it just by changing the region on my iPhone. (I'm from México). All I did was open the Settings app - General - Language & Region and change the Region from México to United States.

Hope it helps.

I was able to finally solve this with my HomePod mini and iPhone XS by doing the following: on my phone Settings> WiFi>the network that I am currently connected to and then unchecking Private Address. As soon as I unchecked that the song I was playing popped up that it could be played on the HomePod mini and it seems to have solved the problem. Using the Private address under Wifi prevents tracking but must make it hard for the HomePod to find my phone. Anyway not sure if this has been posted and hope it helps someone.

In my case Handoff and transfer to HomePod used to work beautifully.

14.4 update ruined it, it does not work anymore. Brand new HomePod mini and iPhone 12max pro.

Reset the HomePod, nothing and all settings properly done. Nothing. That's a bummer