Teach HomePod or HomePod Mini Voice Recognition

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Homepod: Voice Recognition

Guests can teach Siri to recognize different voices in their homes. If they’ve invited others to share their home (in the Home app), members of their home can request their own music and make Personal Requests.

To learn how to add someone to your home, see the 'Allow others to control accessories in your home' article in the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch User Guide.

Note: Voice recognition is not available in all languages and regions.

To set up voice recognition on HomePod, each member of the home must do the following on their iOS or iPadOS device:

1. Go to Settings > [user name] > Password & Security, then make sure Two-Factor Authentication is turned on.
2. In the Home app, touch and hold a HomePod, scroll down, tap

1. , then make sure 'Listen for “Hey Siri”' is turned on (yes, this is a setting).
2. Tap

1. , then follow the onscreen instructions.
2. If setup instructions do not appear, tap

1. , tap Home Settings, tap a user profile under People, then turn on Recognize My Voice.

During setup, each person is asked to enable Siri and change their device language to match the HomePod language, if they haven’t already done so.