HomePod mini not playing from Apple Music

SnagLoopDog wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried what you said. I unplugged all three Homepod Minis and then the router. I let the router sit unplugged for a couple minutes then plugged it back in. When the light on the router indicated that it was finished booting up and was online, I tested the connection with my iMac. It had connection to the internet. I plugged in just one Homepod Mini and tested it. I still get the error that it's having a problem with Apple Music. I did test Apple Music on my iMac and my iphone. Both can play Apple Music. I asked the HomePod Mini if it was connected to Wifi and it said "Wifi is on".

What else can I try?

OK - at this point I would jump to the last two steps in Apple Support's article, "If HomePod mini or HomePod isn't responding" (clear the HomePods out of the Home app config and hard reset(s)). On the upside, there's not a whole lot of configuration steps to getting your HomePods working beyond the initial setup from iPhone/iPad... I expect they'll be resurrected at that point.

Don’t say “ please “ just say her Siri plays 80’s music make sure in the home app this it’s enable in home settings tap over your name then see this and also location services must be on in your iPhone and HomePod too

Are they closer ? HomePod has 7 mic 🎤 and what you say hey Siri plays which hears you because probably that’s the confusing and gives you that answer , can you try in one HomePod first and see what happens

With HomePod minis, this kind of flakiness seems to point to WiFi issues more often than not. Have you tried unplugging your wifi router recently? I would try this after unplugging your HomePods, then once your WiFi router is back online, start the HomePods and see how things work... If this addresses the issue, at least temporarily, it'll be informative and suggest that we dive more deeply into your available WiFi config options.

Cool. It seems that the HomePods are happiest with plain vanilla WiFi setups and are overly susceptible to WiFi confusion. If they act up again (or stop acting correctly), go straight to your WiFi router and do a reboot… the HomePods tend to sort themselves after that.

You might also Google your WiFi router model and HomePod (both in quotes) to see if you can spot any suggestions for keeping the HomePods happy… giving each a fixed IP address, for example. Best of luck!