iPhone AirPlay to HomePod: nope?

[3460169]

EDIT: Scratch this. Phone is connecting to HomePod now. I rebooted the phone yet one more time and now magically it's behaving. So when in doubt, reboot, possibly many times until desired effect is achieved. 🤣

OP:
I have one HomePod (on 12.4) and an iPhone 11 Pro Max on 13.1.2. I cannot connect to the HomePod at all via AirPlay. It just sits there "Connecting" forever. I've restarted both devices a number of times now.

My iPad Pro on iPadOS is able to connect just fine. And I can also talk to the HomePod via the Home app fine on either device.

¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[Itinj24]

Rebooting is the duct tape of tech. It fixes everything lol

 

[christian.terra]

When this happens to me, even just turning the wifi off and then back on makes it work. Looks like it gets stuck in the connecting stage.