Music Assistant’s AirPlay sender corrects failures that left HomePod mini 2 speakers silent or prevented buffered playback from starting on HomePods running OS 27.2. Hardware checks cover standalone and stereo-pair HomePod minis.
HomePods using the sender’s native timing connection also expose track information, artwork and play/pause through the Home app and Control Center. Testing covered a HomePod mini on OS 27.2 and a group containing a stereo pair and a single speaker. The Home app’s volume slider is not enabled by this change.