How to listen to ambient background sounds on HomePod

You can listen to ambient background sounds on HomePod, like Rain, Forest, Ocean, Stream, Night, Fireplace, or White Noise, to help you focus or rest.

Last updated: October 29, 2026 2:29 pm

By Moses Johnson - Editor

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HomePod can play a soothing ambient background soundscape, such as Rain, Forest, Ocean, Stream, Night, Fireplace, or White Noise, to help you focus or rest. You just ask Siri for the one you want, like ocean sounds, and it works on HomePod software version 27 or later.

Siri: Ask Siri something like, “Play ocean sounds.”

This guide is for HomePod software version 27 or later.

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