Use HomePod for phone calls
HomePod uses your iPhone or iPad to place and receive telephone and FaceTime audio calls. (iPhone is required for telephone calls). To use these features, you need to set up your iPhone or iPad to make Personal Requests on HomePod.
The light on top of HomePod turns green when HomePod is being used as a speakerphone. Use the controls on top of HomePod to change the speakerphone volume.
Important: If you call emergency services (“Hey Siri, call 999” or “Hey Siri, call emergency services”), HomePod attempts to place a telephone call using the iPhone you’ve set up to make Personal Requests on HomePod. If that iPhone isn’t available, or if your device for Personal Requests is an iPad, HomePod attempts to hand off the call to any other iPhone on the same network as HomePod. See Make emergency calls in the iPhone User Guide for additional information about calling emergency services using iPhone.
Use HomePod for phone calls
Try any of the following examples:
Place a call: Say, for example, “Hey Siri, call Henry”. To place a FaceTime audio call instead, say “Hey Siri, FaceTime Henry”. To call someone not in your Contacts, say “Hey Siri, call 020 7946 1212”.
Redial the last number: Say “Hey Siri, redial the last number”.
Answer a call: When your iPhone or iPad rings, say “Hey Siri, answer the phone”. Before answering, you can ask “Hey Siri, who’s calling?”
Mute or unmute a call: During a call, tap the top of HomePod, tap the mute button on your iPhone or iPad, or say “Hey Siri, mute call”. To unmute, tap the top of HomePod once or say “Hey Siri, unmute call”.
End a call: Double tap the top of HomePod, hang up using your iPhone or iPad, or say “Hey Siri, hang up”. (most other Siri requests aren’t supported during phone calls).
Route the audio of an existing call through HomePod
Do either of the following:
On your iPhone or iPad, tap Audio in the Phone or FaceTime app, then choose your HomePod.
Hold your iPhone near the top of HomePod.
To hand off audio, your iPhone or iPad must have Bluetooth turned on and be on the same Wi-Fi network as HomePod. You must also turn on Transfer to HomePod in Settings > General > AirPlay & Continuity.
To change who can hand off phone calls to HomePod, see Allow others to control audio on HomePod.
To transfer the call back to iPhone, see Move audio from HomePod to iPhone.
Manage multiple calls on HomePod
Put the current call on hold and answer the new one: Tap the top of HomePod.
Decline the incoming call: Double tap the top of HomePod.
Switch between calls: Tap the top of HomePod.
End the active call: Double tap the top of HomePod.