Experience your favorite music in a whole new way, control your home, and get help with everyday household questions and tasks — all with HomePod and HomePod mini.
Set up HomePod
Place HomePod on a solid surface with at least 6 inches of space around it.
Plug HomePod in to power. Wait for a chime and a pulsing white light to appear on the top of HomePod.
Unlock your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch and hold it next to HomePod. Tap Set Up when it appears on your device's screen.
Follow the onscreen instructions to choose your HomePod settings. You can also customize and manage all of the settings for HomePod in the Home app after setup.
When asked, center HomePod in the viewfinder on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to complete pairing. If you can't use your camera, tap Enter Passcode Manually and Siri will respond with a four-digit passcode to enter on your device.
Wait for HomePod to finish setup. Then Siri will greet you and give you a few examples of things you can ask.
If you don't see the setup screen, you can manually set up HomePod. Just open the Home app, tap , tap Add Accessory, tap Don't Have a Code or Can't Scan at the bottom, then tap HomePod and follow the onscreen instructions.
Learn what to do if you can't set up HomePod.
