HomePod Help with Siri commands with Homepod in area

[Weemoogle]

I have been having this issue and I was hoping someone knows how to solve it. I have a homepod in my room that I use regularly. I don’t have it set up to be able to send text messages and such. I would like to use my iphone to do these things by telling Siri, but when I am in the same room as the homepod, even if the iphone is sitting right next to me, the homepod grabs the command from the iphone (you can watch the iphone activate, then deactivate). Is there anyway to get the iphone to send the text or will the homepod ALWAYS try to take over even with the feature disbled (she reminds me to turn it on, but then I would assume the homepod would send it, which I don’t want.) Any idea?

 

[gw0gvq]

I'm trying to find a similar answer because I have two Homepods in different rooms but because the rooms are close together the one sts the other off with the same command when I am wanting to use only one

 

[waw74]

"The device that responds is the one that heard you best or was recently raised or used."

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Learn how Siri responds when there are multiple devices.

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it seems to work if you pick the phone up, and let it face unlock then say "hey siri"
although by that point if you've got your phone pressing the side/home button is just as easy.

 

[boltjames]

I just shut off “Listen for Hey Siri” on my iPhone and problem solved.

I don’t miss it. Turns out my iPhone is always within arms reach where I can push the button to activate Siri and I have HomePod for quick answers, timers, and alarms that my iPhone used to handle. Give it a try for a day. You’ll see.

 

[waw74]

not sure why you don't have messages on the HomePod turned on

for personal requests, I think she does some voice recognition to confirm it's you. I live alone and when they introduced it (and also after I did a reset on the HomePod) I was repeatedly asked "who is speaking"
and if your phone isn't on the same network, she won't do it. so you don't have to worry about people getting access if you're gone

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Use Siri on HomePod to send messages, set reminders, and more, via your iPhone or iPad.

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