Apple iOS 15 tips and tricks: How to use Home to send or receive intercom messages on iPhone

The Home app is very convenient for controlling and maintaining your house. You can control all kinds of Homekit accessories including your HomePod. In this article, we will tell you how to send and receive intercom messages using Home.

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What is the Home app?

The Home app helps you to securely control and automate HomeKit-enabled accessories, such as lights, smart TVs, and thermostats.

When you set up supported security cameras, you can capture video, and receive a notification when a camera recognizes someone at your door or when a package is left at the door. You can also open a compatible lock with a home key, group multiple speakers to play the same audio, and send and receive Intercom messages on supported devices. With Home, you can control any Works with Apple HomeKit accessory using iPhone.

How to use Home to send or receive intercom messages:

Step1: In the Home app, tap the Homes and Home Settings button, then tap Home Settings.

Step2: Tap Intercom, then configure these settings:

• When you can receive Intercom messages
• Who is allowed to send or receive Intercom messages
• Which HomePod speakers can use Intercom

Note: Any home resident can configure when they receive Intercom messages. Only a homeowner or admin can configure who can send or receive Intercom messages and which HomePod speakers can use Intercom.

Step3: Tap Back, then tap Done.

Step4: Tap the Intercom button, then say something like “Hey Siri, intercom, ‘Who ate the last cookie?’”

• Your Intercom message is sent to all the HomePod speakers in your home, and to the iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS devices of all members of your home who can send and receive Intercom messages.
• To send a message to a HomePod in a specific room or zone, say something like “Hey Siri, tell the office ‘The movie is starting’” or “Hey Siri, announce upstairs ‘I’m going to the store.’”