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?

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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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Prb541

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Sep 29, 2024 7:25 AM in response to Serena_yu1

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 29, 2024 8:00 AM in response to Ravet007

I’m surprised that did not work.

I recently noticed something else that causes the HomePods to start on their own. If you have your TV on and an Apple commercial comes on - the commercial may be one that promotes using Siri. The commercial says ‘Hey Siri’. I noticed iPhone responded by starting Siri. I remember somewhere there is a setting to recognize only certain voices. You might look for that setting. Personally I would not open the HomePod and disconnect the touch panel. If you accidentally break something, Apple may not repair the HomePod. They are very picky about how their products are serviced.

Oct 4, 2024 9:10 PM in response to Serena_yu1

I recently experienced this issue on one of my HomePod Mini to the point we were joking it was possessed. I tried a number of different ways to resolve this issue over a three week period such as resetting the unit, adjusting accessibility settings, wiping the unit down, vacuuming it and performing a factory reset. In the end the only resolution I have found was to gently heat up the touchscreen with hair dryer for about 5 minutes. After 2 weeks the issue has not returned. Hoping it was related to some sort of moisture build up over winter.

Oct 31, 2024 1:34 AM in response to Serena_yu1

Have the same since last Friday after the OS18 update on Apple TV 4K and the two HomePods in stereo pair. Very strange and annoying since the apple stops playing the movie or tv content and starts playing random music. Not one song but on and off it is playing a part of a different song. Or the HomePod is telling me that it will start playing music I like. Not very happy to open the HomePods to remove the touchscreen since they are still in warranty. The last update to 18.1 does not fix the issue at all. Driving me nuts!

Oct 31, 2024 11:51 AM in response to johnenmark_rotterdam

Call Apple customer support, and let them know your problem, and let them know there are more people with the same problem with the HomePod… don’t open the speaker, if you have still a warranty… Apple should replace the speaker for another one!!!!