Homepod airplay problems on iMac + Airpods
I've got a homepod (v13.4.8) when I play something from my iMac via Airplay the homepod plays normally. If I then connect my airpods to my iMac the sound automatically transfers from homepod to the airpods, but then when I put the airpods away and want the sound again to play on the homepod, it doesn't work. I need to restart the homepod to get it working again. I can see the homepod in the home app on my iMac, and I can use the play/pause controls, just the sound is coming from the iMac.
Restaring is not a solution as the problem repeats each time I reconnect the airpods.
In the home airplay settings I've set that anyone on the same network can play, but that didn't help. The connection between the iMac and homepod is fine, as the home app works and I can control the homepod, just the airplay is causing problems.