Play audio using Siri on HomePod

Try any of the following examples:

• Activate Siri: Say “Hey Siri,” followed by your request.

  For example, say “Hey Siri, play some music.” Your voice activates Siri—even if HomePod is across the room or already playing something else.

• Adjust the volume: Say something like “Hey Siri, make it louder.” Or set a specific volume level with “Hey Siri, set the volume to 50 percent.”

• Pause and resume playback: Say “Hey Siri, stop.” To resume, say “Hey Siri, play.”

• Set a sleep timer: Stop music, podcasts, and other audio after a certain amount of time. Say something like “Hey Siri, stop playing in 30 minutes.”

Try any of the following examples:

• Play in a room: Refer to the room where the HomePod is. For example, say “Hey Siri, play music in the living room.” Play in multiple rooms by saying “Hey Siri, play this in the living room and kitchen.”

• Move audio to a room: To stop playing on a speaker and start playing on another, say something like “Hey Siri, move this to the bedroom.”

• Add a room: To add a room when audio is already playing, say “Hey Siri, add the kitchen” or “Hey Siri, play music from the kitchen here.”

Other things you can say:

• “Hey Siri, play everywhere.”

• “Hey Siri, stop playing in the office and game room.”

• “Hey Siri, what’s playing downstairs?”

• “Hey Siri, set the upstairs volume to 20 percent.”

Apple Music requires a subscription. To learn how to subscribe, see Subscribe to Apple Music in the iPhone or iPad User Guide.

To add a music service to your HomePod, see the task below. Once a music service is added to your HomePod, try the examples below, and specify which app to use. For example, say something like “Hey Siri, play Billie Eilish on Pandora.” Or, to learn how to use a music app by default, see Set a default music service on HomePod, below. Some music services require a subscription.

Try any of the following examples:

• Play something you’ll like: Say “Hey Siri, play some music.” If you like the song, say “Hey Siri, I like this” to help the music service learn what you like. (You can also say “Hey Siri, I don’t like this music.”)

• Ask for something specific: Got some music in mind? Just ask. Say, for example, “Hey Siri, play Tame Impala’s newest album.”

• Play a different version: To play the same song as recorded by a different artist, if one is available, say “Hey Siri, play the other version.”

• Go to the next or previous track: Say “Hey Siri, next song” or “Hey Siri, previous track.”

• Listen by genre, mood, or decade: Ask for a specific genre of music, such as Latin jazz, or ask for the vibe you want. For example, say “Hey Siri, play some party music,” or get even more specific with “Hey Siri, play hip-hop from the 1990s.” Or choose a random song with “Hey Siri, play something totally different.”

• Play a broadcast radio station: Say “Hey Siri, play Classic FM.”

• Find a song by its lyrics: If you don’t know the name of a song, you can say something like “Hey Siri, what’s the song that goes ‘I would just fly, fly away’?”

  Note: Lyric search is not available in all languages.

• Listen to Apple Music radio: Explore new music and listen to exclusive interviews on stations created by experts. Say “Hey Siri, play Apple Music 1 radio,” or ask for Apple Music Country or Apple Music Hits.

• Learn about the music: Try saying “Hey Siri, what album is this?” You can also say “Hey Siri, when was this song released?” For bands, you can ask who’s playing a certain instrument. For many popular songs, you can ask about the writer and producer.

You can play music from other supported music services on HomePod. Some music services require a subscription.

1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, sign in to the supported music service app.

2. In the music service app, go to settings, then add the music service to your HomePod.

3. In 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.

4. Tap your user profile under People.

5. Under Media, tap the music service.

If you don’t want to use a music service with HomePod, you can remove it. In the Home app, tap , tap Home Settings, then tap your user profile. Tap the music service, then tap Remove from Home.

You can set a default music service on HomePod so that you don’t have to say the name of the service (Pandora, for example) when you have Siri play something. You can still play music from other supported services that you add to HomePod, too, by saying the name of the service when you make your request.

To add a music service to HomePod, see the task above.

1. In 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.

2. Tap your user profile under People.

3. Under Media, tap the music service you want to set as your default service.

You can also change which user account should be used when someone’s voice isn’t recognized. In the Home app on your iOS or iPadOS device, touch and hold a HomePod, scroll down, tap , then tap Primary User.

Try any of the following examples:

• Hear the latest headlines: Say “Hey Siri, what’s the news today?” to hear what’s going on in the world. Siri suggests other news sources, and you can switch to one at any time. Say something like “Hey Siri, play CNN.”

• Get specific news: Say, for example, “Hey Siri, give me the latest sports news.”

Try any of the following examples:

• Play a podcast: Say, for example, “Hey Siri, play the latest ‘BrainStuff’ podcast.”

• Skip ahead or back: Say, for example, “Hey Siri, skip forward 30 seconds” or “Hey Siri, go back 10 seconds.”

• Subscribe to a podcast: Say “Hey Siri, subscribe to this podcast” to add it to your library. When new episodes are available, they appear in Listen Now in the Podcasts app on your devices.

• Play faster or slower: To listen to news and podcasts at a pace you’re most comfortable with, say “Hey Siri, play this faster” or “Hey Siri, play this slower.” Or say “Hey Siri, play at normal speed.”

You can play background ambient sounds when you need to focus, relax, or fall asleep. Listen to rain, forest, ocean, white noise, night, fireplace, or stream sounds.

• Say, for example, “Hey Siri, play Ambient Sounds” or “Hey Siri, play forest sounds.”