HomePod fart sounds

Hi. I have a HomePod (original) and it has started making very very loud fart sounds (brrrrrrrrr). The sounds come at random times. With or without music playing. I’ve tried different rooms. I’m not the only one having this issue which would make this more than an isolated event. There are many HomePod users with this issue. Hopefully this is a software fix or Apple should look at some sort of exchange program. We paid for this device and it shouldn’t be behaving this way. Please advise.

HomePod, 14

Posted on Jul 7, 2021 1:32 PM

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Aug 19, 2021 7:10 PM in response to dontrammell

Hello, I am glad I found your post as I am having the EXACT same problem. It appeared to have started on 14.6 and the problem has carried over to 14.7 with no resolve. I have tried removing accessory, resetting, hard resetting, setting up on another network, all with no fix. The sound (Brrrrrrrrrr) is so loud I fear it will damage the speaker. Apple should provide a fix for this as above poster has stated, this is NOT isolated and others are experiencing the same problem. That said, I have another 11 Homepods that are not esperiencing this problem. Apple should provide a fix OR exchange program for these bad Homepods. Anyone else experiencing this problem or know of anything else I should be trying? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Aug 19, 2021 10:48 PM in response to Christopher Heise

Your post got me thinking about when it did start. I did a YouTube search for ‘HomePod fart’ and earliest video is from 24 April 2020, so that’s from the days of iOS 13.

https://youtu.be/gDZly4uiWg4


Hard to know whether it’s software or hardware (or an interaction between the two). You’d hope Apple would do the right thing and replace it. It may depend on where you live (and I’m not an expert on the subject), but you’d hope that consumer rights laws would say that a device like this should last for more than a few years.

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