Control other speakers is no longer working?

My iPhone updated to 18.2.1 and now I can no longer control other speakers from the Music app or the Home app. I have 7 HomePods with one set up as a stereo pair, 1 HomePod 2, and 2 HomePod Minis set up as a stereo pair. I can play music on my iPhone and AirPlay to the HomePods, but I can't use the Control Other Speakers to stream directly to the speakers, so I cannot get lossless streaming. When I go to Control Other Speakers, all of the HomePods show up, and I can select them, but then when I either try to play a song, play a playlist, or shuffle a playlist, nothing happens. Hey Siri works on the HomePods. I have tried to troubleshoot through the Home app, but I can't get that to get the streaming directly to the speakers to work either. I have closed Music and restarted it. I have powered down the phone and restarted it. Any thoughts, or do I just have to wait for another update to correct the issues this update created.


iPhone 16 Pro

Posted on Jan 31, 2025 09:31 PM

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