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Music stops playing on one HomePod when a second Homepod is asked to play music (not stereo paired)

So I have a HomePod in my study and my wife has one in her study. Although we share an Apple account, her HomePod was set up on her iPhone and mine on my iPhone.

We can both see the HomePods in our Home apps.

They're not stereo paired as we use them independantly but currently if I ask Siri to play music on my HomePod, it pauses whatever is playing on my wife's HomePod, and vice versa.

Any ideas why this is happening and how to stop it?

HomePod, iOS 12

Posted on Sep 27, 2018 8:37 AM

21 replies

Twitchly

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Jan 17, 2019 8:01 AM in response to Ted Roberts

Do you have Apple Music? I assume you do if you’re playing something “borrowed.”

I have Apple Music and am unable to replicate the behavior you describe. I can play 2 different “borrowed” songs (songs I don’t own and are not in my Apple Music library) simultaneously on a HomePod and an iPhone, both using the same Apple ID.

The OP mentioned setting up their HomePods using 2 different phones that share an Apple ID. That’s an unusual setup, and I wonder if some variation on that is what’s impacting folks in this thread?

turingtest2

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272,821 points

Sep 27, 2018 6:29 PM in response to fatboyslick

Just tried it and was able to get independent Siri requests to play on my two HomePods. I'll try a more thorough test in the morning.

tt2

fatboyslick Author

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Sep 28, 2018 2:27 AM in response to turingtest2

All software updates and reset homepods but issue keeps happening

Nov 27, 2018 3:02 PM in response to veliusvayne87

I spoke too soon... it broke again and won't let me play 2 separate apple music streams on the homepods

Jan 12, 2019 8:07 PM in response to Twitchly

I can confirm that i have been facing similar issues. If I am playing a song on iPad and want to play something else on the HomePod it doesnt work anymore.

Jan 13, 2019 1:47 PM in response to Tron_85

Hi Tron, can you post official apple proof of what you just said? That someone in car can be listening to music concurrently someone at home playing songs with homepod ?

Music stops playing on one HomePod when a second Homepod is asked to play music (not stereo paired)