Set up voice recognition and Personal Requests

A Home app administrator (owner) can enable “Hey Siri” on each HomePod in the household. Setting up voice recognition helps Siri recognize the voices of different members of the household.

1. On the iPhone or iPad of the Home app administrator (owner), go to the Home app .

2. Tap a HomePod, tap , then make sure Listen for “Siri” or “Hey Siri” is turned on.

3. On the iPhone or iPad of each member of the home, go to Settings > [your name] > Sign-In & Security, then make sure Two-Factor Authentication is turned on.

4. On the iPhone or iPad of each member of the home, go to the Home app , tap , tap Home Settings, tap a user profile under People, then turn on Recognize My Voice.

To use voice recognition, you must allow Siri to use iCloud in iPhone or iPad settings. During setup, each person is asked to enable Siri and change their own device language to match the HomePod language if they haven’t already done so.

Personal Requests are voice commands that use info from certain apps on your iPhone or iPad, including Messages, Reminders, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, and other apps you’ve installed that work with Siri.

Before you can turn on Personal Requests, you need to set up voice recognition, as described above.

To set up Personal Requests, do the following on your iPhone or iPad:

1. Connect your iPhone or iPad and HomePod to the same Wi-Fi network.

2. Go to Settings  > Siri, then do the following:

   • Tap “Listen for,” then choose “Siri” or “Hey Siri.”

   • Turn on Allow Siri When Locked.

3. Go to Settings > [your name] > Find My, then make sure My Location is set to This Device.

4. Go to the Home app , tap , then tap Home Settings.

   Note: If you have more than one home, you see settings for your current home (based on your location). To edit a different home, tap Homes, then tap the home you want to edit.

5. Tap your name, tap Personal Requests, then turn on Personal Requests for your HomePod.

   If you don’t see Personal Requests, turn on Recognize My Voice to set up voice recognition. Personal Requests can be turned on during setup.

   Note: When your Personal Request is fulfilled, you receive a notification on your iPhone or iPad. To disable this notification, turn off Activity Notifications.

To learn more about what you can do with Personal Requests, see Make Personal Requests.

If you’re the Home app administrator (owner) you can add a user to HomePod so members of your home who have their own iPhone or iPad can request their own music and make Personal Requests.

1. Go to the Home app on your iPhone or iPad.

2. Tap , tap Home Settings, then tap Invite People.

   If you set up more than one home, tap Home Settings, then tap a home.

3. Tap to choose people with an Apple Account from your contacts list, or enter their Apple Account email addresses in the To field.

4. Tap Send Invite.

5. Ask the invitee to do one of the following:

   • In the notification they receive on their iPhone or iPad: Tap Accept.

   • In the Home app on their iPhone or iPad: Tap , tap Home Settings, then tap their name.

HomePod supports up to six users in a home. If you have more than six household users or guests in your home, they can still use Siri on HomePod to play music, set timers and alarms, or find out about the weather, news, and more. If guests use Siri to play music, it will play from the primary user’s account and that person’s taste profile won’t be affected.