106 MACWORLD JUNE 2019
PLAYLIST HOMEPOD TIPS AND TRICKSiPhone and then
press the house
icon in the upper
left. In the menu that
pops up, you’ll see
your name under
People. Press it. In
the new menu,
you’ll see a toggle
for Personal
Requests toward
the bottom. By
default it’ll say Off.
Press it, and then
switch on Personal Requests in the new
menu. You’re good to go!
- UPDATE YOUR HOMEPOD
Your HomePod will need to be up to date for
all this stuff to work. First, open the Home
app on your iPhone. Then click the house
icon in the upper left-hand corner. In the new
menu, scroll down to Software Update under
Speakers & TVs and press it. Install Updates
Automatically should already be toggled, but
if it isn’t, switch it to green. - FIND YOUR IPHONE
Misplaced your iPhone in the morning
rush? Your HomePod can help you find it.
Just say, “Hey, Siri, where’s my iPhone?”
Siri will then say, “Should I try to make it
play a sound?” Say yes, and you’ll hear a
ping from your phone if it’s nearby.
3. HAVE HOMEPOD TELL YOU
THE NEWS
I often use this when I’m getting dressed in
the morning. Say, “Hey, Siri, tell me the
news from NPR,” and Siri will start
broadcasting a quick rundown of the day’s
news. Siri also reports news from CNN, Fox
News, The Washington Post, and the BBC.
4. FIND SONGS BY LYRICS
If you know the lyrics to a song—i.e., you
haven’t misheard them—you can feed
them to Siri and she’ll tell you the name of
the tune. So if I say, “Hey, Siri, what’s the
song that goes, ‘And if you ask me how I’m
feeling, don’t tell me you’re too blind to
see,’” she’ll tell me “It’s ‘Never Gonna Give
You Up.’ by Rick Astley.” If you then follow
up with, “Hey, Siri, can you play that song,”
it’ll start immediately.
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