Ambient sounds not working on HomePod Mini

For some reason, my HomePod mini will not play the Apple built-in ambient sounds like fireplace or rain. They worked up until about three days ago, and now they don’t. Any thoughts as to why this has happened?

Update: solved my problem by performing a factory reset of the device.

Posted on Apr 6, 2021 12:59 AM

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