Alexa drop in-like function on HomePod?

Hi -


We are switching our home from Amazon Echo to HomePods. But I’m unclear on whether the function we used the most on Echo - Drop In - has a similar counterpart in Apple. I’m not finding a way to open up what (on Echo) is a fully open 2-way channel between devices. We often had brief, but 3-5 sentence interactions on Echo that have a nuisance on HomePods (with the need some “Hey Siri…” alert for each utterance.


Am I missing something? If not, is there a thread somewhere I can chime in on that Apple is monitoring to assess support for this kind of feature?

HomePod mini, 15

Posted on Aug 7, 2022 12:19 PM

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Posted on Aug 7, 2022 03:03 PM

Perhaps you mean this: Use HomePod mini or HomePod as an intercom - Apple Support

Make sure it’s enabled for the HomePod. In the Home app long press on the home pod icon, tap the gear icon & scroll down to intercom

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