HomePods suddenly playing music on their own

I have two HomePods set up as the default speakers for my Apple TV. For the last few weeks, they’ve started playing music by themselves, completely randomly.

The worst part: it often happens while I’m watching a movie, and suddenly Apple Music starts blasting a song at full volume out of nowhere. Today it happened more than 10 times within a single hour.

I’ve checked automations, turned off “Hey Siri,” restarted everything, and made sure no one else is controlling them. Still happening.

Please someone at Apple fix this.

Posted on Jan 28, 2026 9:06 AM

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HomePods suddenly playing music on their own

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