Siri allows you to do many things such as like asking for the songs, requesting the detailed information about the current track, or pausing and resuming music playback and much more. So, Apple has added HomePod’s forte to control the music playing on the HomePod from several devices.
Besides the Siri voice commands, you can also take advantage of HomePod’s touch controls to pause or resume music, along with the Home app, Control Center, Now Playing. Here are 5 common ways to pause and resume music on your HomePod.
How To Pause And Resume Music On HomePod
Method 1: Use Siri
To pause or resume music on HomePod, you can say something below to Siri:
“Hey Siri, pause”
“Hey Siri, resume”
…or the others
Method 2: HomePod touch controls
Aside from Siri, HomePod also supports a range of the touch-based actions for controlling music playback in case Siri is unavailable or disconnected. If you are playing music through your HomePod, simply pause it by tapping on the speaker. To resume it, tap on the HomePod top again.
Here’s the full list of supported touch controls from HomePod.
- Tap: play or pause music by touching the top of your HomePod
- Double-tap: double tap the top to skip to the next track
- Triple-tap: to play the previous track, touch the top three times
- Tap or hold “+“: touch or hold + icon the top to increase the volume
- Tap or hold “-”: tap or hold – icon top to lower the volume
- Tap and hold: touch and hold the top to talk to Siri
Method 3: Home widget
Another way to pause and resume music playing through your HomePod is using the Home widget in Control Center on iPhone/iPad running iOS 11.2.5 or later. To do so:
- Launch Settings app
- Tap on Control Center.
- Choose Customize Controls.
- If the widget for the Home app does not display in Control Center, tap on the green “+” icon near Home in the More Controls section to add it.
You can start using the Home widget to control the music playback directly from Control Center.
- Swipe up to open Control Center on your iPhone/iPad
- Tap on the Home widget or press it using 3D Touch.
- There will be a list of your favorite HomeKit accessories. Tap on your HomePod icon to pause/resume music.
If your device pauses/stops the music, the Control Center tile will turn transparent and you will see the “Playing” or “Paused” word appearing inside the tile.
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Method 4: Now Playing widget
You can also use the iOS’s Now Playing widget on your iPhone/iPad to pause/resume music. To do so:
- Swipe up from the bottom to open Control Center
- Long tap on the Now Playing widget or use it with 3D Touch.
- Scroll down until you see the tiles of other devices, then choose HomePod tile.
- The tile will then show the playback controls. Simply tap on Play/Pause icon to pause/resume music playing on your HomePod.
Method 6: Apple TV
Maybe you don’t know that the Apple TV comes with a handy audio selection menu from your Home screen to switch to your AirPods. After that, connect to another Bluetooth accessory and select what is playing.
- Press Home button on your Siri Remote to head to Apple TV’s Home screen.
- Hold the Play/Pause button on the Remote till you see a popup menu.
- Swipe left on the Touch surface until your HomePod appears.
- Now, click on the Play/Pause button on the Siri Remote to pause the music currently playing on Siri speaker.
- To resume, click the button again.
AirPlay Controls
AirPlay also routes the audio from an Apple device through your HomePod, just use the controls on the screen to pause/ resume music playing.
Launch your favorite music and then tap on AirPlay to open a list of AirPlay-compatible devices currently connecting to the local network. Simply select your HomePod to send audio to the speaker.
To pause or resume, you can use the audio controls in the app from. You can also AirPlay audio from any device or app, which are enabling the AirPlay streaming on purpose.