Use alarms, clocks and timers
HomePod can wake you up to your favourite song, keep track of multiple timers and more.
Set an alarm
Siri: Say something like: “Hey Siri, wake me up at 5 am”
Snooze an extra few minutes
Siri: When your alarm sounds, say: “Hey Siri, snooze”
Change your alarm sound
You can choose the sound you want to wake up to. Pick an ambient sound, or if you have Apple Music, choose a song, playlist or radio station.
Note: Siri-enabled accessories cannot play media for an alarm and will instead play a tone.
Go to the Home app
on your iPhone or iPad.Touch and hold a HomePod.
Tap an alarm or tap New to create an alarm.
Tap Play Media, then tap Choose Media.
Navigate to a song, playlist or radio station, then tap it.
To have the song or playlist repeat once it ends turn on Repeat.
To have a playlist play in a random order turn on Shuffle.
To set a custom volume for the alarm tap Use Custom Volume, then drag the slider.
Tap Done.
To learn how to subscribe, see Subscribe to Apple Music in the iPhone or iPad User Guide.
Ask about the time
Siri: To ask for the current time in a different zone, say something like: “Hey Siri, what time is it in Berlin?”
Set a timer
You can set multiple timers at once. Try any of the following examples:
“Hey Siri, set a 3-minute timer”
“Hey Siri, set a pasta timer for 8 minutes”
“Hey Siri, how much time is left on the pasta timer?”
“Hey Siri, pause my exercise timer” (Timers are deleted after 48 hours.)
“Hey Siri, what timers do I have running?”
“Hey Siri, resume my exercise timer”
“Hey Siri, stop”
You can stop sounding alarms and timers using Siri on any HomePod, your iPhone or iPad, or the iPhone or iPad of a member of your home. (Devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi network for Timer management.)
To learn how to set a sleep timer for music and podcasts, see Play audio.