HomePod: Orange flashing light
HomePod mini is connected to a computer, or is plugged into a power adapter that isn’t rated 20W (9V ⎓ 2.22A).
Applies to: HomePod mini. What you see: orange, flashing or blinking.
What Apple says to do
- Plug HomePod mini into power using a 20W (9V ⎓ 2.22A) adapter.
Source
Apple HomePod’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- Apple Support: Identify status lights on HomePod and HomePod mini — HomePod (2nd generation) and HomePod mini. support.apple.com Checked 2026-09-29.
The same colour on other speakers
Another maker’s speaker can use this colour for something else entirely.