HomePod Mini randomly calling people — and I can’t stop it
Hi everyone,
I’m honestly getting desperate with my HomePod Mini.
Every now and then, Siri completely misunderstands something I say and suddenly starts calling people from my iPhone contacts. The worst part is: once the call starts, I often cannot stop it.
Tapping the top of the HomePod does nothing. Saying “Siri, stop” also does nothing. Recently it even called directory assistance, and I literally could not hang up until I unplugged the HomePod from power.
I already disabled “Calls on Other Devices” on my iPhone, but the problem still exists. So there’s always the risk that the HomePod randomly misunderstands me and calls someone anyway.
This is becoming a really serious issue for me because I also have professional contacts saved on my phone. If Siri accidentally calls someone at 2 AM because it misunderstood random speech, that’s obviously a huge problem.
Has anyone experienced this?
Is there any way to completely disable calling functionality on the HomePod while still keeping normal Siri features?
I really like the device otherwise, but this issue is driving me insane.