I just bought a new HomePod mini, on sale at Best Buy. I have already updated my Home and all my devices to the new architecture, 16.2. The new HomePod must have an older os installed. I can't add the HomePod to my Home because of the older os, but I can't update the os without adding it to my Home. It stops me when I enter my iCloud password.
HomePod mini, 16
Thanks for responding, I didn't try that but I came across another solution that worked. I connected the HomePod mini to my Mac, in the finder and clicked on the HomePod like it's an external drive (not in the Home app) a menu to reset the HomePod to factory settings and update to the latest firmware comes up. Mine out of the box was 16.0, this updated it to 16.2. Took just a few minutes. Once that was done I ejected it and plugged it back into the power adapter and setup went like normal. No issues now.
Thanks for responding, I didn't try that but I came across another solution that worked. I connected the HomePod mini to my Mac, in the finder and clicked on the HomePod like it's an external drive (not in the Home app) a menu to reset the HomePod to factory settings and update to the latest firmware comes up. Mine out of the box was 16.0, this updated it to 16.2. Took just a few minutes. Once that was done I ejected it and plugged it back into the power adapter and setup went like normal. No issues now.
If you have iCloud Advanced Data Protection turned on, turn it off temporarily and this should allow you to add/update the device, then you can turn Advanced Data Protection back on after you get it set up and updated. I’m hoping Apple finds a better way to do this in the future, otherwise it can become quite the pain to add new devices.
how do you update a new HomePod mini to 16.2 if you can't add it to Home with architecture update?
