homepod won't play playlists

Yes, that is important and I believe is the answer to my problems. Whichever device is paired to the HomePod (can only be an IOS Device) must have the iCloud Music Library turned on in settings. When I synced the iPad with my iMac, iTunes asked if I wanted to turn on my iCloud Music Library on the iPad and I said yes of course and the playlists synced. What is strange to me is I don't believe I have ever turned off the library on any of my devices. Why and how did the library settings on the iPad get turned off? It took a while for all playlists to show up. Since then, some playlists play, while other do not, and I believe it is just a matter of time before all are recognized and play sound For example. the HomePod, says it is playing on some of the playlists but no sound. I guess I just have to be patient and wait a while longer.

As mentioned.....

I setup my HomePod with my iPhone which does NOT have iCloud music library turned on.

I update my iCloud music library and playlists through my iMac.....I can add a new playlist then update iCloud music library as shown below and it's there almost immediately when I request it through the HomePod.

If you have a lot of music added or changes it may take some time.

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I don't like having my iPhone iCloud music library turned on as I have a copy of all my music on it already.......if I turned it on, then I would be playing music from iCloud Music Library when on cellular connection, which I don't want.

My fix was as simple as resetting the HomePod. Unplugged and plugged back in. No problems since. Not perfect, but the Siri commands such as play a specific artist or playlist are working. Also using to control lights with Hone App.

I reset my phone due to another issue and when I set I back up my home pod stopped playing my playlists. I spent a few days of this and finally fixed the setting I changed was under music and then it is iCloud music library.

Here is the fix I found. Once I turned on iCloud music in settings it works.

I"m curious. Do all of your playlists have single word names? The two examples you give, "Dance" and "Havana" could easily (I'm thinking) be a source of confusion to an AI device--is that a song or a playlist?.

I've not tried all of my playlists, but have generally been impressed with how Siri DOES recognize mine, but they all, so far at any rate, have names that are two or more words, "Standards Collection" for example. Or one called "Scintillating Standards" which contains jazz recordings that come primarily from recordings I've taken from streaming services...i.e., that aren't available as commercial recordings, yet they've been recognized and played by HomePod.

HomePod isn't quite ready for prime time.

Here's what I've found: If the name of my playlist is a single word like "Favorites" instead of "All My Favorites" AND you say "Hey Siri, play playlist Favorites," it sometimes works. However, if my playlist is two or more words OR if I say "Hey Siri, play Favorites playlist," instead of "...playlist Favorites" then it doesn't work.

I know that HomePod hears all my words when there are multiple words in the playlist name because she says "I couldn't find 'All My Favorites' in your music," but she doesn't seem to recognize it as a playlist at all.

Ya gotta do better, Apple. Alexa is eating your lunch!

JimNie wrote:

The IOS device used to pair the HomePod is the device where playlists come from therefore syncing ALL devices with iTunes is essential

Hmm, surely HomePod is picking up your purchase history and iCloud Music Library directly from Apple? Those having trouble getting playlists to play should make sure that they're listed in iTunes without an ineligible for cloud symbol and that all tracks have been successfully matched or uploaded.

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I use this smart playlist to show up any items in my library that aren't reaching iCloud properly. Unfortunately it can't show items that have an iCloud status of Waiting, and I find I need to use Edit Rules > OK to persuade it to update sometimes. Waiting tracks can be found in the Songs view sorted by iCloud Status.

tt2

1. Created a new playlist on me iP7 called "Bozo", then added a few tunes to it from Apple Msc (I'm a subscriber, but not a subscriber to iTunes Mtch).
2. Waited a few minutes, then asked HmPd to play music from the Bozo playlist, only to get "Hum...I'm not finding a playlist by that name."
3. A couple hours later and asked HmPd to play music from the Bozo playlist and it worked.

My guess is the iCloud Music settings (all are on on all devices) takes longer to sync.

Maybe try re-explaining then, it seems pretty clear that your playlists are not working. Most of mine were not until I did what I just suggested.

You can also check your settings in Home and make sure you're not restricting access. Try setting access to everyone (if not set that way now) and see if that fixes it.

Are you using a different ID/Login for iTunes / iCould?

I disagree...

Your playlists as well as your music is coming from your iCloud music library, which is ultimately coming from any device that has iCloud Music Library turned on in settings.

I paired my Homepods with my iPhone but don't have the iCloud music library turned on......

My playlists and music library in iCloud come from my iMac which I have the iCloud music library turned on and synced.

THANK YOU! was wrestling with getting iTunes Match to work with my HomePod, and signing in and out of the account in the Home app was what fixed it. everything now works: playlists, all my music (before i just had iTunes purchases), etc.

Thanks for your advice. This fixed the problem. Simply resetting the HomePod was not enough--I had to delete the device from the Apple Home app and then set up again.

Thank you!

I don't know then.. I reset it and then went and - recreated my playlists and re-matched them to itunes and it's been good since. Maybe open a call with Apple support. Wish I could help.