does homepod update playcounts?

It doesn't seem to, and that is very annoying. My solution for now is to Airplay from my Mac to the Homepod because iTunes on the Mac does update the play count.

I have lots of smart playlists on my Mac. Homepod does not seem to honor the rules I have applied to those smart playlists. Sometimes Apple makes me sad.

Not at the moment, although playcount updating from shared devices in general seems to be somewhat broken lately so it might not be a HomePod issue per se.

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One would hope so. Use Feedback - HomePod - Apple to let them know what you want.

tt2

You're welcome. 😟

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