How to listen to Apple Podcasts and news articles on HomePod

You can listen to Apple Podcasts and news articles on HomePod with Siri, change the playback speed, skip ahead or back, and subscribe to podcasts.

By Tom Griffin - Executive Editor
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On HomePod, use Siri to listen to your favorite podcasts, the news, and more. Be sure to set up voice recognition to access your services and get personalized recommendations.

With Apple Podcasts, you can ask Siri to play this faster or slower, skip forward 30 seconds or go back 10 seconds, and subscribe to this podcast. New episodes appear in Listen Now in the Podcasts app on your devices when they’re available. For the news, ask something like “What’s the news today?” or have Siri play Apple News.

Play Apple Podcasts

Siri: Ask Siri something like:

  • “Play this faster,” “Play this slower,” or “Play at normal speed.”
  • “Skip forward 30 seconds” or “Go back 10 seconds.”
  • “Subscribe to this podcast.”

    (When new episodes are available, they appear in Listen Now in the Podcasts app on your devices.)

Listen to the news

Siri: Ask Siri something like:

  • “What’s the news today?”
  • “Give me the latest sports news.”
  • “Play Apple News.”

    Note: Apple News isn’t available in all languages, countries, and regions.

This guide is for HomePod software version 27 or later.

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Tom Griffin is the editor-in-chief at GeeksChalk where he oversees all of site’s evergreen content to ensure it’s up to date with the latest information. Hailing from London in the UK, he has over seven years of experience in the tech journalism space and holds a degree in English Literature. In his spare time, Tom can found checking out the latest video games, immersing himself in his favorite sporting pastime of football, and petting every dog he comes across in the outside world.
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