I spent a long time on the telephone with Apple Accessibility who went away and consulted the engineers and then rang me back. And when we added my wife by invitation to the HomePod suddenly a new toggle appeared with my name on which was off! That toggle had not been there before but suddenly was there and when I talk of it on suddenly everything started working. So, mysterious but a happy ending!
> On 6 Nov 2020, at 15:12, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Might be time for a call to Apple Accessibility. > The way I understand this allows you to send a one-way message to another > Home Pod, is that correct? I don't think it gives you an open, full two-way > connection like the Drop-In feature on Amazon Echo speakers? > If so I don't think it's a feature I would find very useful just as I always > thought the WalkieTalkie feature on the Apple Watch was more of a gimmick. > I think given today's technology and fast networks you should be able to open > an Intercom connection which allows both people on each end to freely speak > just as on a speakerphone call except the quality of the connection should be > better than a regular call, more like a Facetime Audio call. > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 12:51 AM > To: Abridged Recipients <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: HomePod intercom not working > > I’ve just updated my iPhone SE 2020 and my HomePod to iOS 14.2 and despite > having enabled the intercom feature every time I ask Siri to activate it, > Siri tells me I have to turn on the feature on my HomePod. I have completely > reset my HomePod but the problem is still the same. I have updated my Apple > Watch as well and tried it from there and it does not work. Has anybody found > a fix? > Harry > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/AEFAF4E7-5035-4A0F-B983-F78F55997F16%40icloud.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB3135D02035A581329AACF315C7ED0%40MWHPR06MB3135.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/683FB905-B2EC-4EEB-95D1-DB8DC43587A6%40icloud.com.
