My apple tv airplay audio is not in sync with my homepods

Hey there macneuss,

If we're understanding correctly, you have your Apple TV connected physically to a sound system, and wirelessly with your HomePods. We also understand that whenever your Apple TV is restarted, your HomePods become out of sync, but this is the part where we got confused. Let's confirm more details to better understand what's happening, along with ruling out some general possible causes:

1. Are you attempting to use both a physically connected sound system at the same time you're using your HomePods wirelessly with your Apple TV?
2. As you mentioned having no issues in the past, and only upon restarting your Apple TV, when did this first start to occur?
3. Sometimes unexpected behavior can be resolved with a reset of your HomePods: Reset HomePod
4. We see that you have tvOS 16 installed on your Apple TV, but the latest is tvOS 16.2. You can verify this within Settings > General > About. In case you needed it, this link shows how to Update your Apple TV.

Cheers!

Hi macneuss,

Since this continues after completing the troubleshooting you mentioned as well as the steps we suggested, we would recommend contacting Apple Support next. They would be the best suited to investigate this behavior further. Contact them here:

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Take care.