HomePod not working

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The problem

I just noticed today that my HomePod does not announce alerts anymore. I don't know when this started but my tts_say's from my automations are no longer playing. This device comes with 2 entities, for some reason - a Remote entity and Media Player entity. In my automations, I always have to turn on the Remote to play any media to the HomePod. I tried turning ON the Remote manually (from the Developer) but it refuses to turn itself ON.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.11.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

No response

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Apple TV

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/apple_tv

Diagnostics information

No response

Example YAML snippet

alias: test play media
description: ""
triggers: []
conditions: []
actions:
  - action: media_player.turn_on
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.homepod
  - metadata: {}
    data:
      volume_level: 0.64
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.homepod
    action: media_player.volume_set
  - metadata:
      title: quando-quando-quando.mp3
      thumbnail: null
      media_class: music
      children_media_class: null
      navigateIds:
        - {}
        - media_content_type: app
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source
        - media_content_type: ""
          media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/SHARE
    data:
      media_content_id: media-source://media_source/local/SHARE/quando-quando-quando.mp3
      media_content_type: audio/mpeg
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.homepod
    action: media_player.play_media
mode: single

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Additional information

No response

[home-assistant[bot]]

Hey there @postlund, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (apple_tv) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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