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Hands-On With Apple's Intercom Feature for HomePod and HomePod Mini
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I know right? You could even assign everyone a unique number so that anyone with the number can request a conversation. Since it would be speaking across a distance it could be called “tele-phone”.
Like Alexa “Drop-in” but cute reply. 🙄Like a phone call.
Y’all need to chill. You know exactly what I meant. Intercom’s are traditionally live instant communication in a home.
Take your iPhones and “intercom” yourself. Lol 😝
Is there any other brotha's that recall that this emoji 🍑 and the word that associates with this related to another body part right in front of what sniffies is intending it to mean? 90's anyone?
This is DUMB. Intercom = Walkie Talkie, so make it across all Apple devices & don’t call it two different things as separate interfaces. This was not well thought out. No reason to require an Apple Watch or HomePod for either!
for me it works somewhat. Too often siri answers I have to enable personal somethings or that intercom is not in my music library
The bad thing on the command for Intercom is, that there exists an artist Intercom in Apple Music. Everytime I want to activate the Apple Intercom feature a song of the artists is playing. So I was really looking forward to this feature, but it is more or less useless for me.
I am confused by this as well. Why would it need a HomePod given you can send a message from one iPhone to another using this.
Can anyone explain how to send an intercom message to a specific person?
Ie. Trigger the intercom on HomePod and send it only to my partner on their iPhone/watch not the whole house?
All I‘ve seen at the moment is that intercom is to everyone in the house or specific ‘rooms’.
Ie. Trigger the intercom on HomePod and send it only to my partner on their iPhone/watch not the whole house?
All I‘ve seen at the moment is that intercom is to everyone in the house or specific ‘rooms’.
Yeah I think the most disappointing thing for me is that it's not live. I think it would be nice to have an option where you can choose a room to intercom and it becomes a two-way channel. And to end, maybe there's a voice command or you can just tap the HomePod or other device. Faster than a phone call. I have the perception of the current implementation to be a little clunky, especially when replying multiple times, though I haven't had a chance to use it myself. I feel like the name "Intercom" is misleading in the current state.
What would be the difference between that and sending an audio message via iMessage to a group (chat)?
A phone call using a HomePod.Like a phone call.
I think you can use HomePods for phone calls but for that to work two HomePods in different rooms would need to be associated with different ‘phone numbers’, ie, iPhones/AppleIDs. Plus a phone call requires some way to answer the call at the receiving end.
I’d say it is closer to a Walkie-Talkie, just with a different way to invoke it.
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Why don't they include Apple TV with this feature? There is a microphone in the remote and speakers on the TV. Does
My experience with Intercom has been...sketchy. Marginally more useful than walkie-talkie.
if the volume is low or the WiFi/cellular signal is spotty, you can’t “replay” the intercom, so it becomes a huge exercise in frustration, solved by making a phone call.
*sigh*
if the volume is low or the WiFi/cellular signal is spotty, you can’t “replay” the intercom, so it becomes a huge exercise in frustration, solved by making a phone call.
*sigh*
Exactly. Thank you! All the smart a** replies to my post - gotta love the internet. lol