HomePod 15.2 Breaks Location Services

After upgrading my four HomePods to 15.2 location services no longer work. If I ask Siri what the weather is, she'll say "weather for where?" Location services are turned on for every HomePod. Location services are turned on in General settings, and turned on for HomeKit and the Home App. Location services are turned on in AppleTV. I have restarted my router and every device. I have reset network settings and location and privacy settings on every device. The problem persists. If I ask Siri where I am she says "First you have to tell me where you are." She instructs me to turn on location services in the home settings of the home app, but there is no location services switch there.


Every time the OS is updated something breaks. It's incredibly frustrating.

HomePod, 15

Posted on Dec 15, 2021 3:22 PM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2022 7:03 AM

Have an update. A couple of days ago I noticed Security/privacy WARNING on my iPhone’s WiFi connection. Oddly, none of my other iOS devices displayed this warning. Nevertheless I went online using my Router’s UID/PW, changed Router’s security settings, checked firmware, forced a reboot and when I checked my iPhone’s WiFi connection, the warning had disappeared.


Interestingly, the HomePod/Siri problem had also disappeared. HomePod/Siri is once again able to determine my location. It’s been that way for a couple of days now. Not sure if the two items are related but I'm posting because hopefully this might help others,

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Dec 15, 2021 8:45 PM in response to spurn555

I’m having the same problem. After my 3 HomePods updated last night, they don’t seem to know where they are. I’ve reset, restarted, turned the ‘Location Services’ button on and off several times. It did work momentarily after I reset it, but as soon as it configured itself, Siri started asking where I wanted the weather conditions for again.

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