Useful HomePod Commands

I’ve recently obtained a HomePod and am scanning Google to learn all I can about it (yes, I read the manual, and it sucks).

Anyway, here’s a little Cheat Sheet for the device.

HomePod Setup:

1. Turn on the HomePod or HomePod mini and wait for the light to glow on the top
2. Put your iPhone or iPad near the HomePod or HomePod mini
3. A window will pop-up asking if you wish to set-up the HomePod mini
4. Tap Set Up
5. Set which room the HomePod is going to be
6. Choose whether or not to Enable Personal Requests. This is whether or not you want to be able to dictate text messages, add reminders, or take notes via the smart speaker.
7. Agree to transfer your iCloud account, Wi-Fi and other HomeKit settings over to the speaker.
8. Say “Hey Siri, what can you do?” followed by “Hey Siri, play some music”

HomePod Touch Controls:

• Tap once to Play/Pause.
• Double-tap to skip to the next track.
• Triple tap to skip back to the previous track.
• Touch and hold to access Siri without saying “Hey Siri”
• Tap or hold the plus icon to turn the volume up.
• Tap or hold the minus icon to turn the volume down.

How to update the HomePod:

1. Open the Home app on your iPhone or iPad
2. Tap the House icon in the upper left-hand corner
3. Tap ‘Home Settings’
4. Scroll down and tap Software Update
5. Tap the ‘Update (All)’ button to begin the update or pull down to see if there is one
6. Tap ‘Agree’ on the Terms and Conditions page.

How to use HomePod to Control Music:

• Hey Siri, turn the volume up
• Hey Siri, turn the volume to 85 per cent
• Hey Siri, turn the volume down
• Hey Siri, stop
• Hey Siri, play
• Hey Siri, next song
• Hey Siri, skip forward 30 seconds
• Hey Siri, previous track

How to send an Intercom Message (when having two or more HomePods):

• “Hey Siri, intercom ‘Who ate the last Oreo cookie?'”
• “Hey Siri, announce ‘I’m home!'”
• “Hey Siri, ask everyone where are my glasses?”
• “Hey Siri, let everyone know I found my glasses”
• “Hey Siri, tell everyone I’m taking the dog for a walk”
• “Hey Siri, intercom ‘On my way home, want me to pick anything up?'”

How to use Find My (You’ll need Apple’s AirTags enabled for this step):

• “Hey Siri, find [name of keys] car keys”

That’s all for now – but stay tuned!

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