Requesting HomePod to Play My Songs By Artist Name or Band Name Broken
When will I learn never to update my HomePods? Updated all 3 HomePods to OS 18.4.1. Now, when I ask HomePods to "Play my music by [insert any artist or band name]", the reply is "Looks like Apple Music can't play that".
The HomePods can play successfully if I ask to play a specific song title or a specific playlist I created.
I have the annual Apple Match service, and not an Apple Music subscription. I have my own library of 20,000 songs. If I ask my iPhone to play my music on my named HomePod by a specific artist or band, this works fine. I just cannot ask the HomePod to do this directly. This issue has happened to me before, and it was corrected after an update.
Resetting the HomePod does not fix the issue. And again, it would not fix the issue, because the HomePod plays direct title or playlist name requests. Therefore, the problem is at the Apple server's side. I am only posting this to notify Apple, and just in case others are experiencing this exact issue after the 18.4 or the 18.4.1 update.
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