

Since 2018, when I first bought the original model, I’ve been asking Siri to play my favorite songs and playlists there, and now I know most of the time it’s not counting properly. Then I did the same on the iPhone and iPad, and everything seemed fine. First, I played a song on HomePod and waited to count on the Music app on my Mac and nothing happened. And certainly I had listened to it while in lockdown.Īfter this, I tested a few possibilities. “Another Town, Another Train,” by Abba, according to the app, wasn’t played in more than a year. I also noted this recently thanks to the new function “tbt” of the app “Next.” With tbt, you’re reminded every Thursday about a forgotten song. A user asked if the original HomePod counted his songs and the reply from another member was: “Not at the moment.” This problem isn’t new, and it’s been three years since a discussion started on Apple’s website about it. Luckily, there is a workaround, but hopefully this is something Apple fixes sooner rather than later.

This affects your Apple Music Replay statistics and integration with third-party Apple Music applications. HomePod and even the new HomePod mini don’t count songs when you ask Siri to play something on your smart speaker.
