How can I stop HomePod mini from playing music automatically?

This morning I turned it on and once powered on it just started to play music. phone, watch and ipad all off! Now putting 18.5 (22L5566a) on to see if that helps. So far, reset the device, reset all settings to factory, software updated = no change fault still there. You can't really put up with this fault as its starts playing during the night full volume so it wakes everyone up so turn it off / bin it is my suggestion.

Sad and annoying as it is, the story created a smile on my face anyway. It is just unbelievable. I have similar issues, hence the query on this platform. The way you described it made it sound hilarious, no offense meant.

Have you still had this issue? I just experienced this same problem with our HomePod. We have no automations, access to play speakers or tv is set to only my partner and myself since we are the only ones connected to the network.

it was spooky to say the least.

I am having the same issue. Apple customer support told me it’s a software issue. The other problem I am having it raises volume up to full on its own. This is very frustrating. I have all apple products iPad iPhone applets mini Mac and home pod mini. I liked it because they all work together.until now.

Started at 5am, on both minis. Who doesn't love waking up to blasting radio by Siri...

resetting didnt work. it's still doing it on/off, now randomly playing imusic or keeps asking "hi what can i do for you? blah blah blah blah..." Super annoyed. Any suggestions beyond resetting would be appreciated.

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HomePod mini in the bedroom woke up my wife twice recently by randomly playing loud music in the middle of the night. This really isn’t funny because she has sleeping issues (insomnia) in general.

Until and even if they can fix these issues, Apple should simply implement a “quiet” time setting on HomePods, so you can set them to not make any noise (even Siri answering) between certain times.

Did you find a solution. All my homepod mini’s start randomly talking and playing loud music in the middle of the night and day.

This happened right after the update to 17.6

I tried resetting all devices, turning off touch and Siri but that didn’t work either.

Did you have any luck?

I have 2 HomePod second generation and…both Apple HomePods are Garbage after software 17.5, ( OUT OF WARRANTY)…..Apple music turn by itself, siri same way, Touch Bar not working or not responding at the touch in both speakers … calling Apple support, they have the same answer for me, I have to pay $ 240 dls for a replacement, when I get a new ones for 290, I think they should be responsible for replacing or fixing the HomePod if the problem results after the software update in both speakers at the same time ( bricked the HomePods )….

Updating to iOS 18.0 not fix the problem in my pair HomePod second generation!!!!I hope Apple make a feature software update fixing this problem, before we open the speakers and disconnect the Touch Bar connection!!!

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!

Very similar issue for me. I'm not going to open up the device to do Apple's job for them of actually fixing this issue. Hope a fix is released or a recall if that's what's necessary because of a hardware flaw.

I too have the same issue, my mini HomePod randomly starts playing crackling fireplace sounds. I do not have the Home App installed so I cannot go change any settings. How do I stop the homepod from starting these sounds randomly. My HomePod is less than a month old.PLEASE HELP ME IT DISTURBED MY SLEEP ALMOST EVERYNIGHT.

Same exact issue here. It’s only one of my home pod minis, unfortunately the one right next to my bed. It used to work just fine, so I suspect the latest update screwed it up. I also tried restarting and resetting, to no avail.

Mine's doing this as well. Randomly, it just plays music, last night it was 3am at full volume. Then again this morning at 9am. No devices were on, iphone off, watch flat, ipad off. Apple TV was on but I never use the music app on TV. Reset to factory, no improvement. Its a really Bad Apple as Brina would say.