86 Macworld • August 2019FEATURE
- 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 the BBC, CNN, and The Washington Post. - Find songs by lyrics
If you know the lyrics to a song – in other words, 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.
The HomePod puts
on a light show when
you summon Siri