{"id":22319,"date":"2021-01-07T03:19:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T03:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/apple-homepods-intercom-will-be-your-favorite-new-feature-heres-how-to-use-it.html"},"modified":"2021-01-07T03:19:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T03:19:19","slug":"apple-homepods-intercom-will-be-your-favorite-new-feature-heres-how-to-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/apple-homepods-intercom-will-be-your-favorite-new-feature-heres-how-to-use-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple HomePod’s Intercom will be your favorite new feature. Here’s how to use it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the only features my family and I consistently used on the various Amazon Echo<\/a> or Google Home<\/a> devices we had around our home was the ability to broadcast a message to everyone in the house. Until recently, it was a feature that Apple’s HomePod<\/a> was lacking. But with the launch of iOS 14<\/a> and the release of the more affordable HomePod Mini<\/a>, Apple added an Intercom feature<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the name implies, you can use your HomePods to send voice messages to everyone in your home, or to specific rooms, using Siri. But Apple took the feature one step further by allowing you to send and receive the same messages from an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. Heck, you can even use CarPlay to send and receive intercom messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before you can use the intercom feature, make sure all of your Apple devices — iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, HomePod, HomePod Mini and Apple Watch are running the latest version of their respective software. Below we’ll walk you through how to use your HomePod as an intercom and where to find all of its settings.<\/p>\n

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Take a few minutes to make sure Intercom is set up the way you want.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Adjust your Intercom settings before getting started<\/h2>\n

Before you start using Intercom, it’s a good idea to take a look at the settings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Home<\/strong> app, tap the Home icon<\/strong> in the top-left corner, and select Home Settings<\/strong> Intercom<\/strong> where you’re presented with three different settings:<\/p>\n