Why is my HomePod playing music without commands?

Since, last week, my homepod has started playing music randomly, without anyone giving a voice command or touch command. It is really annoying.

I have tried resetting it, restarting as well, and also disabled Hey Siri. But, to no avail.


Also, changed its location, but the issue persists.


P.S: Also homepod is updated to the latest software update.


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Posted on Apr 30, 2025 3:19 AM

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Posted on Apr 30, 2025 9:32 PM

I had the same problem.

  • Siri suddenly starts talking.
  • Music starts playing without permission
  • Volume turns to maximum without permission while watching
  • Volume turns to minimum without my permission while watching

However, after performing the 18.4.1 update, the symptoms no longer occur. It has been one week since the improvement.

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Apr 30, 2025 9:32 PM in response to shikha182

I had the same problem.

  • Siri suddenly starts talking.
  • Music starts playing without permission
  • Volume turns to maximum without permission while watching
  • Volume turns to minimum without my permission while watching

However, after performing the 18.4.1 update, the symptoms no longer occur. It has been one week since the improvement.

May 1, 2025 6:18 AM in response to lesliefromstockton-on-tees

lesliefromstockton-on-tees wrote:

and why are upvotes limited to just a handful

Upvotes (and the number of posts you can make in a day) are limited for new users to prevent spammers and gaming of the forums. I don't know exactly how Apple defines new users, whether it's amount of time since you joined or amount of posts made or something else. Apple has also never explicitly stated what the limits are.

May 2, 2025 3:28 AM in response to shikha182

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.

May 10, 2025 4:25 AM in response to shikha182

Not sure, but I noticed that the HomePod does not play while the phone is in DND/ Sleep mode.

This observation made me wonder, if the problem is with Apple iOS version installed on my phone, and it sends random commands to HomePod to play.


Anyone else noticed that HomePod doesn’t work while phone is in DND or Sleep mode?


my iOS version is 18.4.1.

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