Are you having troubleshooting issues with the home pod? Whether troubleshooting or installing a new step up, welcome to our guide and learn how to reset the home pod.

There are several ways of resetting the home pod. Learn how to reset the home pod. And choose the effective method by yourself. You can reset the home pod directly, with or without iPhone or PC. Either way, all the steps are simple to follow. After resetting, the home pod takes several minutes to restart. 

This article will briefly provide all the methods and the necessary information to choose the factory reset option before reinstalling or selling to somebody else.  

Key Takeaways:

  • There are three ways of resetting the home pod. 
  • Resetting home pod directly, with PC, Mac, or iPhone and Home App.
  • Resetting with a PC or Mac only applies to the home pod mini.
  • Do unplug the home pod before resetting from the main socket
  • The red light after the resetting process indicates the completion of the process.

How to Reset the Home Pod?

Before following the methods of resetting the home pod, unplug and restart it. If the issue doesn’t resolve after restarting, go the other way. If you have more than one home pod and need to unpair it with a stereo pair, only then can you factory restore it. So following are the ways how to reset the home pod.

But before looking at the methods, have a look at the home pod and home pod mini by definition;

Home Pod:

It is a speaker produced by Apple Inc. Also, it gives good quality audio and considers a home hub, mixing with Apple’s environment of devices. 

It has some fantastic features like:

  1. People can listen to weather updates and the latest news and get basic information regarding famous people in every religion and field.
  2. It works on voice commands.
  3. It has interaction with Mac, iPhone, and other Apple devices.

Home Pod Mini:

It’s a cute little mini and smaller version of the home pod (speaker). It is more reasonable in price and size. It also has Siri installed, and the features are more or less similar. Design, size, etc., are changed compared to the home pod version. 

How to Ungroup the Home Pods with Stereo Pair?

Following are the steps to ungroup the home pods with stereo pair if you have more than one:

  1. Go for the Home App on your phone or iPad.
  2. Find the pairing of home pods.
  3. Press the right button for the stereo pair
  4.  Select the Accessory details from the menu located down
  5. Come to the page bottom
  6.  Go for the setting icon at the screen’s corner, right bottom.
  7. Click on the unpaired accessories button
  8. Confirm the process, and your home pods are now ungrouped. 

How to Reset the Home Pod from Home App?

How to Reset the Home Pod from Home App?

Resetting Home Pod for HomeApp

First and foremost, this is the easiest way of resetting the home pod with the help of your iPhone or iPad. Have an at the followings;

  1. Open the app on your phone.
  2. Now, find out the home pod or home pod mini to reset
  3. Keep a hold on the home pod button on your phone
  4. Scroll down the menu and hit the Accessory details.
  5. Scroll down at the bottom of your screen.
  6. Now, at the bottom of your screen, right corner of it hit the setting icon.
  7. Again scroll down to the home pod setting option
  8. Now finally, hit the button named Reset Home Pod.
  9. Now hit the remove Accessory button.

A few moments later, you will see the home pod will get removed from the home app. It is better to unplug the home pod from the main power for at least 5 minutes to go for any method.  

How to Reset the Home Pad Mini with Mac or PC?

This procedure only applies to the home pod mini; for resetting the home pod, follow the other methods given. This procedure involves the USB-C cable.

  1. Remove the home pod mini from the power.
  2. Now insert the USB-C cable into your system Mac or PC
  3. If you are a user of Mac, go to the finder app
  4. If you are using a PC, go for iTunes.
  5. Please find the mini home pod and select it when it appears on the screen.
  6. Hit the restore button
  7. Now wait for the completion of the home pod mini
  8. Now wait for the completion of the process, and it will be reset
  9. Now unplug the home pod mini from your device
  10. Insert the home pod mini into the power
  11. Now set the home pod mini as brand new.                  

How to Factory Restore Home Pod Automatically?

When you cannot process the home app in any way, you don’t have to worry. There is a benefit of multiple processes of resetting the home pod. You have to touch the home pods; 

  1. Turn off the home pod from the main power.
  2. Now, you have to wait for a good 10 seconds. 
  3. Now turn on the home pod again, back to the power socket
  4. Once it returns to the plug-in position, wait for ten good seconds.
  5. Now, keep holding your finger on the top of the home pod.
  6. Continue holding your finger on it until the spinning white light turns into red light.
  7.  Hold your fingers tight. 
  8. Siri tells you your home pod is about to reset
  9. Now, listen to the three beeps and lift your finger.

Once you complete the process, after a few more minutes, go for the setting process.            

Crazy Facts:

  • Remember, factory restore removes all the data stored, and you need to start from scratch.
  •  Directly resetting the home app can manually reset the home pod with Siri’s help.
  • If something else is needed, contact the Apple store.
  • You can also take the device to its store.
  • In severe troubleshooting, there is a chance of failure of these methods. Then it’s better to buy one.

Conclusion:

The above simple and easy step guide gives you the proper instructions making it easier to reset your Home pod just like resetting a Samsung phone; so, follow these to get it done. These all are the perks of modern technology. All three ways provide a good understanding of how to reset the home pod. No matter the issues you are facing or planning to sell the home pod, you must follow the method with proper steps to achieve your primary target. 

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