How do I use HomePod as an Intercom?

Send messages from the Home app

On your phone or tablet, open the Home app and make sure you’re viewing the Home tab. Tap the Intercom icon in the top-right corner and start talking to create your message. Tap Done to send the message.

Can a HomePod act as an Intercom?

Intercom lets you send and receive messages from one HomePod mini or HomePod to another, or with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and CarPlay.

How do I use HomePod mini as Intercom?

Do you need two HomePods to use Intercom?

After updating to ‌HomePod‌ software 14.2 and iOS 14.2, Intercom can be set up in the Home app. Intercom works if you have a ‌HomePod‌ or another compatible device, and there is no dedicated interface on the ‌iPhone‌ for using Intercom outside of the Home app.

How does Apple Intercom work?

When you send an Intercom message, your voice message is sent to all the HomePod speakers in your home, and to the iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS devices of all members of your home. By default, all members of your home receive Intercom notifications on their devices while they’re at home.

How do I set up an Intercom?

How to Set Up an Intercom System in Your House With Phones
  1. Plug the home phone into a power outlet and a wall outlet. Turn the phone on if the phone doesn’t automatically activate. …
  2. Place each phone in the appropriate rooms. …
  3. Register each phone with the main phone. …
  4. Test the intercom connection.

How do you announce on HomePod?

Use the Home app
  1. In the Home app, tap the Intercom icon in the toolbar at the top. The icon looks like a sound wave and can be found on the Home tab or the Room containing a HomePod.
  2. Speak your message to play it on the HomePod(s) in your home. …
  3. Tap Done when you finish.

Can you use HomePod mini Intercom on iPhone?

Intercom lets you send and receive messages from one HomePod mini or HomePod to another, or with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch and CarPlay.

How do I turn on intercom on iPhone?

Manage your settings
  1. Open the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
  2. Tap Home in the upper-left corner > Home Settings.
  3. Tap Intercom. Choose your Intercom settings.
  4. Tap Back, then tap Done.

How do you use intercom on Apple Watch?

Using the Home app on Apple Watch, you can send an Intercom message to all members of your home.
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Send and receive Intercom messages from Apple Watch
  1. Open the Home app on your Apple Watch, then tap the Intercom button.
  2. Say something like “Who ate the last piece of pizza?”
  3. Tap Done.

How do I use intercom on my office phone?

Why is my HomePod Intercom not working?