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 recognise the voices of different members of the household.

1. On the iOS or iPadOS device of the Home app administrator (owner), open the Home app, tap a HomePod, tap , then make sure Listen for “Siri” or Listen for “Hey Siri” is turned on.

2. On the iOS or iPadOS device of each member of the home, go to Settings > [username] > Password & Security, then make sure Two-Factor Authentication is turned on.

3. On the iOS or iPadOS device of each member of the home, tap , tap Home Settings, tap a user profile under People, then turn on Recognise 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 iOS or iPadOS device, 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 iOS or iPadOS device:

1. Connect your iOS or iPadOS device and HomePod to the same Wi-Fi network.

2. Go to Settings > Siri & Search, then turn on the following:

   • Listen for “Hey Siri”

   • Press Side Button for Siri (on an iPhone with Face ID), Press Top Button for Siri (on an iPad with Face ID) or Press Home for Siri (on an iPhone or iPad with a Home button)

   • Allow Siri When Locked

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

4. 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.

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

   If you don’t see Personal Requests, turn on Recognise 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 iOS or iPadOS device. To disable this notification, turn off Activity Notifications.

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

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. In the Home app on your iPhone or iPad, tap .

2. 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 ID from your contacts list, or enter their Apple ID 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 iOS or iPadOS device: Tap Accept.

   • In the Home app on their iOS or iPadOS device: 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.