I'm a happy Apple Music customer, and have a few HomePod minis that I enjoy. All are using iOS 16.1.
When I play music from my iPhone to a HomePod mini, it doesn't appear that the "recently played" playlist ever gets updated with those tracks. When I play those songs from my iPhone in my car or to my Beats headphones, it does. I'd like music I play on my HomePod to be tracked to the "recently played" playlist. Is there a way to enable that?
iPhone 12 Pro
Hi mikelach2, We appreciate you reaching out to us. We understand that the songs that you play on Apple Music through your HomePod mini doesn't get added to the recently played tracks.
We’d like to gather additional details that may help us be in a better position to assist you. How do you initiate the songs that are played on your HomePod mini?
Do you ask Siri to play the music, or do you initiate the music on a device and AirPlay it on your HomePod mini?
For now, we recommend that you restart your devices if you haven't.
Please keep us posted.
Take care!
Thanks. I only rarely use Siri to select music to play on my HomePod. Usually, I find music I want to listen to on my iPhone, start playing it there, and the use the small icon in the bottom center of the iPhone screen to change the sound output device. I think that means I'm using AirPlay to play the music on my HomePod.
Hey mikelach2,
Since you've isolated the issue to when using AirPlay, as opposed to using a Bluetooth connected device, we'd advise to contact Apple Support.
Let them know what's happening, and when, so they can looking to this further with you.
Thanks!
HomePod and "Recently Played"
