Like other Apple devices, yourHomePodpermits you to set custom alarms.
You can create multiple alarms using just your voice, optionally add some context to them, if you like, and more. Your Siri speaker will signal you when one of your created alarms goes off.
Siri on HomePod allows you to create as many alarms as you want, manage them, remove ones you no longer need, turn specific alarms on or off, create recurring alarms, and more.
Alarms do not synchronize across multiple devices via iCloud. Any alarms created using your HomePod will not appear on your Mac, iPhone, or other devices, and vice versa.
How to set multiple alarms with HomePod
To set a custom alarm clock or a reoccurring alarm, use standard Siri voice commands, wording, relative times, and phrases like you would on your iPhone, Mac, or Apple Watch.
Here are some examples of using absolute and relative times to set an alarm.
HomePod supports reoccurring alarms, too.
Before you retire for the evening, ask Siri to wake you up in the morning.
When your alarm goes off early in the morning, but you’d like to stay in bed just a little longer, you can easily snooze the alarm by saying, “Hey Siri, snooze.”
Unlike timers that provide a handy countdown feature, there’s, unfortunately, no such thing for alarms, not on your HomePod nor on any other Apple device for that matter.
Adding context to alarms
You can add context to your alarms by tweaking voice commands with reminder-like language, such as in the half a dozen examples included below.
Doing so labels your alarm accordingly, which allows you to reschedule it more easily. More importantly, having a labeled alarm permits Siri to read out loud what it’s all about.
For instance, if you set an alarm to remind you to take the chicken out of the oven, your HomePod will buzz at a designated time, and you’ll also hear Siri reminding you to take the chicken out of the oven (she basically reads out the alarm label to you).
Editing alarms
An alarm created on your HomePod, be it active or inactive, can be easily adjusted in case you accidentally set it to go off at the wrong time or Siri misheard you.
This works best if you name your alarms as described in the previous section.
Reading your alarms
You can ask Siri to read either all your current alarms or just a particular alarm.
This will prompt Siri to read out an alarm you’ve set along with its on/off state and label.
How to turn alarms on or off
Any previously set alarm can be enabled or temporarily turned off at will.
A disabled alarm stays in your alarm list until you delete it.
AnApple Supportpage also says:
You can stop alarms and timers using Siri on any HomePod, your iOS or iPadOS device, or the iOS or iPadOS device of a member of your home. (Devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi network.)
How to dismiss or snooze alarms
You can dismiss an alarm on your HomePod in two ways, using Siri or the speaker itself.
To stop an alarm through Siri, just say, “Hey Siri, stop.” To dismiss an alarm without invoking Siri, you’ll need to get up and tap anywhere on the top of your HomePod.
If you’d like to snooze an alarm, just say, “Hey Siri, snooze” after it buzzes.
A snoozed alarm on HomePod (or any Apple device for that matter) will go off again in nine minutes and continue to alarm based on your snooze action until you eventually dismiss it.
For those wondering, nine minutes has been the alarm clock industry standard for ages.
How to delete alarms
Deleting a particular alarm or all alarms with Siri is a breeze.
Any alarms in your Alarm list stay there until explicitly deleted.
Managing alarms in the Home app
Alarms on your HomePod can also be created, deleted, managed, and edited in the Home app.
1)Open theHome appon your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
2)Long-tap or press with holdyour HomePodin the Home or Rooms tab.
3)Scroll down a bit toAlarms.
4)TapNewto create a new alarm or select an alarm you’d like to adjust to make changes.
5)TapDoneto keep the changes and exit.
You can delete any alarm via the Home app in two different ways:
