Unable to play music from my MacBook to HomePod

Is there any updates planned for these homepods and the apple music environment?

I try to play music from my macbook to my homepod, and it says "stop playing music elsewhere to play here" - I have no music playing anywhere else.

Doesnt matter. Doesnt work. There's so much broken about homepods. When is this environment getting fixed???

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Original Title: Can't play music from macbook

HomePod mini, 18

Posted on Jun 13, 2025 12:16 PM

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