FB18978059: Apple Music Home Sharing: Skips song and doesn't play audio when Airpods are connected

[malhal]

Submission Date

2025-07-21

Status

Open

Area

Music

Operating System Version

macOS 15.5

Type

Incorrect/Unexpected Behavior

Description

The problem is Home Sharing in Music does not play songs when using Airpods. When using computer speakers it plays fine.

to reproduce you need 2 macs with home sharing of music library enabled. On a Mac, use Airpods for audio, click the dropdown arrow on Library in the sidebar and selected the shared library from other mac. select and album and click to play a song

What should happen song should play

What happens no music plays, if clicking play on a track the selection might jump to other random one.

I found someone with the same issue here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/449617/apple-music-home-sharing-skips-song-and-doesnt-play-audio-when-bluetooth-speak

Keywords

home sharing

Prerequisites

• [x] The title follows the format FB<number>: <title>
• [x] I will keep this issue updated with Apple's responses