YouTube Audio Issue on 2018 MacBook Pro

[fooyork]

Not sure if this is a Mojave or MacBook Pro issue, but can anyone else tell me if they are having a similar issue - or indeed shine a light on this for me?

So, in the video below, you will see the audio dropping out, the volume controls on the Touch Bar flashing off and on, and then a few seconds later the audio coming back in. This apparently happens at random, and the only place I have noticed it is on YouTube.

For info: running the latest PB of Mojave (18A336e) on a 2018 13" MacBook Pro (i5, 512GB, 16GB).

Any thoughts?

Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[coca_deva]

Hey mate,

Resetting the SMC fixed it for me. I also had the issue where there was no output btw

 

[fooyork]

I think I might have figured it out.

I am running a 2018 MBP with ‘hey siri’ capabilities. However, Siri is broken on this build of Mojave for some users - though it does hear the ‘hey siri’ command, and then *tries* to activate...

I think it might be ‘listening’ for a possible ‘hey siri’ command, and trying to start a broken script, resulting in a second or so interruption in sound - as it would drop the sound on a ‘hey siri’ command anyway.

I turned off 'hey Siri' and it seems to have solved the issue.