Apple Music cutting tracks short

I apologize if I am repeating an already asked question, but my search did not find anything exactly like this. I am playing Apple Music via streaming on my HomePod mini. Very often the next track starts before the current track is finished. I have seen similar questions for the phone. But my HomePod mini sits at home on my very fast wifi. So this isn't a cellular problem. And I am not playing music from my library, so my library isn't the problem. I ask Siri to play an artist or composer and most of the tracks being played are not in my library.


As I am typically listening to Classical music, I know some of my tracks are long. Does Apple Music have a limit on the length of a track? I have not tried to document which tracks get truncated as it happens so frequently.


Also, when is the HomePod playing from my library? For example, if I ask Siri to play one of my playlists is it playing from my library or using my playlist to stream? I am pretty sure if I open Music and select an album and tell Music to play it on the HomePod mini then it is playing from my library. I am asking this in order to help diagnose what is going on.


Finally, although this is about Apple Music, I am curious that the HomePod mini is not a device option for this question.

Posted on Aug 13, 2022 08:52 PM

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Posted on Aug 14, 2022 05:59 PM

Thank you, you confirmed what I thought. I have the Apple One plan so definitely have Apple Music. That means it is a problem with streaming and not my library.


So any thoughts on what is going on with the tracks being interrupted so the next one can begin?

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Aug 14, 2022 05:29 PM in response to Jerome Vitner

Hi Jerome Vitner,


These are great questions and I'll be happy to answer them. Depending on how you request music will determine the type of content that will play from your HomePod.For example, if you hand off audio using Play audio on HomePod using an iOS or iPadOS device you will hear the content that is local to your device.


If you have an Apple Music subscription, you can ask Siri on HomePod to play anything from the Apple Music catalog, which may include modified or shortened versions of some content. Use Siri to play music and podcasts


Hope this helps!












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