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Homepod mini plays music by itself

I have just bought a homepod mini last week. However it is troubling me as it played music spontaneously and unexpected from time to time.

After adding the homgpod using default settings, on Monday, I was working remotely on my job when the homepod mini suddenly started playing music. I was not listening to any music or video, since I prefer silence when working on more challenging tasks. My husband was not at home either. Luckily I was not on an office metting. How embrassing it could be otherwise?

Then again on Wednesday, at about 5am in the monrning, the homepod started playing music at a loud volume by itself, again. Everyone was in a deep sleep. My husband was woken up and walked to the living room to turn it off.

We have no pets of any sort and no automation for playing music. My husband was irritated. He uninstalled the entire Apple Music and iTunes from his phone.

Does it mean the device is malfunctioning? Is there a way to disable music permanently?

HomePod mini

Posted on Feb 21, 2024 9:14 PM

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Serena_yu1 Author

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Posted on Mar 1, 2024 6:42 AM

I am mad about the Homepod.

I have reset the homepod, I have only myself and husband in the home group, and allowed "only people sharing this home". We have no pets. We have no other people on our LAN/wifi or in our house.

Last Thursday during working hours, when I was the only living thing at home, and was in a complete silence. The homepod suddenly said "OK, start to play radio."

Last Saturday at 2am, we were both sleeping and Homepod started playing music at a loud volume.

Since then I had unplugged it to make sure we could sleep.

This morning I plugged it in and reset the Homepod again. At 1:35 am when no one was active the Homepod replied "OK play music from your library" and started playing.

I pushed on its top trying to stop it, but it kept resuming the music in a few seconds each time I pushed to stop it.

I said "Siri stop playing", and it complained "There's nothing to stop", yet resumed the music.

All this nonsense had to be termininated by unplugging it from the power.

I am mad about it. What a nuisance? Why is this thing so obsessed in playing music at midnight?

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Jan 12, 2025 8:39 PM in response to Pitbull55

Looks the iOS 18.2 update fix the problem… 3 weeks after the update and no more problems…

Sep 24, 2024 6:47 PM in response to Ravet007

Updating to iOS 18.0 not fix the problem in my pair HomePod second generation!!!!I hope Apple make a feature software update fixing this problem, before we open the speakers and disconnect the Touch Bar connection!!!

Ravet007

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Sep 29, 2024 7:18 AM in response to Prb541

THis does not work, I'm glad it worked for you but for the rest it does not, There is a huge group of people on Reddit, for whom the only thing that worked is disconnecting the touch screen cable. That's the only thing that worked for me as well.

Jul 10, 2024 5:27 AM in response to RichBW

Started at 5am, on both minis. Who doesn't love waking up to blasting radio by Siri...

resetting didnt work. it's still doing it on/off, now randomly playing imusic or keeps asking "hi what can i do for you? blah blah blah blah..." Super annoyed. Any suggestions beyond resetting would be appreciated.

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Prb541

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Aug 8, 2024 6:44 PM in response to ishaangarg

The solution is actually pretty simple.

The factory default is for the HomePod to listen for

Siri

Hey Siri

Sometimes the HomePod mini thinks it hears ‘Siri’. When there is no response, it will choose something to play in its own.

You need to set the HomePod mini to listen for only ‘Hey Siri’

Go into the settings

Go to ‘Listen for Siri’

You will see 2 options

1. ‘Hey Siri’ or ‘Siri’

2 ‘Hey Siri’

Choose the second option

‘Hey Siri’

Ravet007

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Sep 24, 2024 6:21 PM in response to Prb541

Does not work. It's a touch panel issue introduced with the software update. It's random.

I'm taking mine to the service station for a forced update to 18.0. If that does not work, I will open it and unplug the touch strip.

Feb 22, 2024 7:27 PM in response to Serena_yu1

Same thing happened with Homepod2 pair. Drove me nuts!

Resetting to factory settings solved it.

Reset HomePod - Apple Support

Feb 7, 2025 8:51 AM in response to RichBW

I have similar issues with HomePod gen 2. Unfortunately the issue started just after the warranty ended and I can’t get any support from Apple.

Serena_yu1 Author

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Feb 21, 2024 9:27 PM in response to ishaangarg

Thank you for your reply. There are only 2 persons in my home. We have no other people living with us as of now. My husband uses his own earpods and has no interest in playing music through the homepod.

I have now set the Speaker & TV Access to "Only People Sharing This Home" and hope it will sort us out.

Catdokki

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Apr 19, 2024 6:50 AM in response to Serena_yu1

Have you still had this issue? I just experienced this same problem with our HomePod. We have no automations, access to play speakers or tv is set to only my partner and myself since we are the only ones connected to the network.

it was spooky to say the least.

Prb541

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Sep 5, 2024 11:13 AM in response to Serena_yu1

Turns out to be an easy fix.

By default, HomePod Mini’s are set to recognize ‘Siri’ and ‘Hey Siri’. Go into the settings and choose to use only ‘Hey Siri’. For some reason HomePod mini’s mistake a lot of sounds as ‘Siri’

Go into Settings

Go down to Listen for “Hey Siri”

You will see 2 options

First option ’Siri’ or ‘Hey Siri’

Second option ‘Hey Siri’

Choose ‘Hey Siri’

I have not had a problem with my HomePod mini’s randomly playing music or anything else since I made the change about 4 or 5 months ago.

Sep 6, 2024 9:51 PM in response to Prb541

I had the same issue but found this suggestion and it worked. I think my HomePod touch control is the issue. Workaround is this ...

Open the Home app, then select the HomePod, scroll down to Accessibility, turn on Touch accommodations and finally enable Hold Duration, set it to a few seconds (as of writing, 4 seconds is the maximum). Do the same for Ignore repeat.

Fixed 😊

Prb541

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Sep 24, 2024 2:32 PM in response to Serena_yu1

HomePod Mini Solution

This stops the HomePod mini from playing on its own. It does work. I have not had my HomePod mini’s start by themselves since I made this change about 6 months ago.

Go into HomePod mini settings

Go down to ‘Listen for Hey Siri’

Go into ‘Listen for Hey Siri’

You will see 2 options

Option 1 “Siri” or “Hey “Siri”

Option 2 “Hey Siri”

Choose option 2 “Hey Siri”

Exit out of settings

Prb541

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Sep 24, 2024 2:33 PM in response to myangie220

HomePod Mini Solution

This stops the HomePod mini from playing on its own. It does work. I have not had my HomePod mini’s start by themselves since I made this change about 6 months ago.

Go into HomePod mini settings

Go down to ‘Listen for Hey Siri’

Go into ‘Listen for Hey Siri’

You will see 2 options

Option 1 “Siri” or “Hey “Siri”

Option 2 “Hey Siri”

Choose option 2 “Hey Siri”

Exit out of settings

Sep 29, 2024 3:06 AM in response to Jimmychid

Nope, the problem is back and I think it’s the touch sensor that’s the issue, as have seen others saying that’s the issue. Now faced with maybe opening the HomePod and removing the touch panel 🤦🏻‍♂️

Homepod mini plays music by itself