So, talking about Homepods, I’ve checked this morning and they seem to have been updated overnight.
But I can’t find any option to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’ like there is in iOS 17.
If I call our ‘Siri’ my phone answers, but the Homepods ignore me. Is that only specifically an iPhone feature and not available on the Homepods or should they also pickup on that option as well?
Aha! Got it now.
Thanks!
My new contact poster keeps reverting back to my old MeMoji. I’ve set it up three times now. Ah well, fingers crossed for 17.1.
Thankfully it’s not an important feature so if it doesn’t work: meh 
Maybe they fixed a different beta bug and accidentally created this one.
Not really iOS 17, but by far the most exciting and useful feature to come (back) from Apple in this update round is that (drumroll) Now Playing is back in Watch OS.
For those baffled by my excitement, Apple Watch used to have a small widget at the top of the face you could tap to see and control playback on the iPhone. They got rid of it some time ago. But it’s back.
You could see it before but I had to pin music as a running app.
Frustratingly one HomePod has decided it doesn’t want to update. The app tells me they’re all up to date and I can’t force it to update like I could on iOS 16 
I forced the update on my HomePod. It is possible with iOS 17.
I think the main difference between the UK and US though is that we actually have a pretty ‘competitive’ electricity supply market where you can pick your own supplier, whereas in the US, it’s still based on you getting your supply for whoever your local generating provider is?
If you want to ensure you’re using Green electricity, you can sign up to Octopus, Ecotricity or one of the many other carbon neutral providers (even EDF is 100% carbon neutral - although that’s based on nuclear power so you might not want to use them).
So, you shouldn’t need a grid forecast to ensure you’re only charging at ‘clean’ times - you can get your supply from Octopus, for example, and know that 100% of their electricity is always from renewable sources.
iOS: WhenToPlugIn on the App Store
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nationalgridgb.rn
Frustratingly my work coffee shop app still doesn’t work (though it’s the same tech as the Caffè Nero app) but when I go onto it, it says “iOS 17 is here! Update your app to get the latest features”, sending me to the App Store where there is no update available.
Huh that’s strange, my mini 6 is fine. No different to 16.
I’ve got iOS17 on my 2020 iPad Pro and I haven’t noticed any issues yet. I use it to watch most of my media and I play simple Apple Arcade games on it.
iPadOS17 (and betas of it) have been fine on my 2018 iPad Pro 11 (A12X I believe)
You said it runs poorly on anything other than M series initially so I was responding to that. Ridiculous that it’s so bad on your iPad Pro though, the model with an A12Z is only 3 years old!
The A12Z is a five year old A12X with one extra GPU core (8 vs 7).
I have two A14 powered iPad Air 4, which seem to be working fine.
Although, TBH they do still feel broken as the lack of 120FPS is supper jarring.
I know, but the model of Pro they used it in is 3 years old. If it was going to be a problem they shouldn’t have used it.
This defintely rings true. I’m so used to iPads and iPhones being 120FPS that I’m very aware when it’s missing.
But I can happily use my MacBook and Windows Laptop and not notice as they are functioning normally 
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