Release notes for HomePod Software Version 17.3 don’t mention any meaningful changes aside from unspecified bug fixes and performance improvements.
What’s changed? According to Apple’s page detailing HomePod updates, not much. “This update includes performance and stability improvements,” it reads.
No other details were available at post time. For further information, you may want to peruse this support document detailing the contents of Apple’s security releases.
iOS 17.3, watchOS 10.3 and more from Apple Updates Day
Aside from HomePod Software 17,3, Apple on January 23 unleashed a barrage of software updates for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
The most significant improvement in iOS 17.3 is Stolen Device Protection, an iPhone-only feature designed to protect people from the attacks on their data and money that Joanna Stern thoroughly documented in The Wall Street Journal.
As for macOS Sonoma 14.3, it brings Apple Music playlist collaboration and expanded warranty information in System Settings. Meanwhile, tvOS 17.3 is all about bug fixes and security patches, with no new features for the Apple TV.