HomePods won’t play Apple Music Favorite Songs Playlist introduced with iOS 17.2

When asking Siri to play my “Favorite Songs Playlist” (17.2 feature) on a HomePod Mini it responds with “Apple Music cannot play that”. It works with Siri on my iPhone and iPad as it should. HomePods and all other devices are running the latest software updates. Any ideas?

HomePod mini

Posted on Dec 12, 2023 06:29 AM

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RJG1999 Author

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Dec 30, 2023 12:21 PM in response to RJG1999

I was able to resolve this issue. I had about 12 songs that I "favorited" and uploaded to my iCloud Music Library that are not available in Apple Music. Once I "unfavorited" those songs I was able to use Siri to play the "Favorite Songs" playlist without a problem. So it was either 1 or more of those uploaded songs that caused the issue.

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