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Pauses playing media when opening home assistant app. #4295

@JoeyGE0

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@JoeyGE0

iOS device model, version and app version

Model Name: iPhone 14 Pro
Software Version: iOS 26.3 (23D5103D)
App version: 2026.1.1 (2026.1652)

Home Assistant Core Version

Core
2026.2.0b1

Supervisor
2026.01.1

Operating System
17.0

Describe the bug
When the home assistant app is opened from cold (after being forced to quit by swiping or not using for a period of time) once application opens it pauses media playback from services such as Spotify.
To Reproduce
Open the application from clean start on iPhone with media playing in background.
Expected behavior
Media will pause unexpectedly. You will need to click the play button and return to the app and it will continue to work unless the app is cleared.
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Additional context
Yes, I'm running on a few betas but I've tested this on stable versions of iOS and home assistant builds. The issues has bugged me for awhile now.

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