Is anyone else having problems with their Homepod’s going silent about 20 seconds into a song? It happens on about 1 out of 10 songs I try to play recently (on all of my OG Homepods). When it happens, the Homepod just goes silent, but if you check the status in iOS, the Homepod is still playing the song. Just no volume is coming out. When the song finishes, the next song plays just fine with no intervention. And it is always almost exactly 20 seconds into the song. If I try to replay the song, it will play the first 20 seconds before going silent again.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
HomePod Homepod cuts out after 20 seconds
- Thread starter ronm99
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Yep happened on all mine until I disabled Lossless audio on them. Yet another basic function which Apple can’t get right!
Home App, home settings, people (you), Apple Music
Home App, home settings, people (you), Apple Music
I have Loseless turned off and it still happens to be with the HomePod mini at night when I am trying to loop a music file to sleep.
Thank you for the suggestion! But unfortunately, I already have lossless turned off, and it still keeps happening for me.
The strange thing is that it is very consistent. There are certain songs that it will do it for every time. I can ask Siri to play the song and it will cut out after 20 seconds. I can start play from my iPad, and it will cut out. If I play from my iPad and then choose the homepod as the destination, it will cut out. If I play it on my iPad only, it will play the whole song.
And the strange thing … if I ask Siri to play the artist, and then skip songs until I get to the song that always cuts out, then it will play perfectly. EVERY TIME. But then I ask Siri to play the song directly, and again, only 20 seconds.
I had one HomePod that would cut out music about the same time frame. I rebooted the modem and router and still the same. Then, I restarted the HomePods from the iPad and all was well. The only thing that puzzled me was that it updated the HomePods and I thought I already had updated them.
Sorry chaps I can’t suggest anything else apart from report it to Apple. Too many people with this problem and they still can’t resolve it!
If you want to mention the song here I will try it and see if I get the same problem…?
Got it when my kids tried to play Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u” (the clean version).
Oh my god this is driving me absolutely insane and I'm glad other people are seeing it as well.
I have a scene I set for my toddlers room at night to turn off the lights and loop some ocean wave white noise, and it cuts off at around the 20-second time. It rarely works when I try to activate the scene via Siri, but it seems to work most of the time if I activate it via the Home app.
I have a scene I set for my toddlers room at night to turn off the lights and loop some ocean wave white noise, and it cuts off at around the 20-second time. It rarely works when I try to activate the scene via Siri, but it seems to work most of the time if I activate it via the Home app.
This sucks
I don't own any but was thinking about pocking up a paor of Minis to pair them with my Apple TV
I don't own any but was thinking about pocking up a paor of Minis to pair them with my Apple TV
Just had it happen on mine on a random song it was playing, tried to reproduce on the same song and no dice.
Clearly just yet another abortion of a service by Apple. They can’t even get the basics right. They are pathetic.
Clearly just yet another abortion of a service by Apple. They can’t even get the basics right. They are pathetic.
Do you guys have any Apple TV´s in the house?. Apple support told me to try disable them as homekit hubs AND to disable the "find nearby airpods" feature. Lo and behold, my Homepods performance improved drastically. No more cutting. No more popping. No more buffering (all lossless related issues for me). Faster Siri, faster homekit.
Noticed this started recently as well, but only if I AirPlay music to them. If I start a HomeKit scene that plays a playlist ... it's fine with no cut out. Just started happening with the most recent update.