How to use alarms, clocks, and timers

You can use alarms, clocks, and timers on HomePod with Siri to wake up, track multiple timers, and check the time in another place.

By Abigail Shilets - Staff Writer
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HomePod can wake you up to your favorite song, keep track of multiple timers, and tell you the current time in your location or a different zone. You can stop sounding alarms and timers with Siri on any HomePod, or on your iPhone or iPad, too.

Set alarms

Siri: Ask Siri something like:

  • “Wake me up at 5 a.m.”
  • “Snooze.”

Ask about the time

Find out the current time in your location or in a different zone.

Siri: Ask Siri something like, “What time is it in Stockholm?”

Set timers

Siri: Ask Siri something like:

  • “Set a 3-minute timer.”
  • “Set a pasta timer for 8 minutes.”
  • “How much time is left for the pasta timer?”
  • “Pause my exercise timer.” (Timers are deleted after 48 hours.)
  • “What timers do I have running?”
  • “Resume my exercise timer.”
  • “Stop.”

You can stop sounding alarms and timers using Siri on any HomePod, your iPhone or iPad, or the iPhone or iPad of a member of your home. (Devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi network for Timer management.)

For help setting a sleep timer for music and podcasts, check out our article, Play audio.

This guide is for HomePod software version 27 or later.

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Abigail is a staff writer for GeeksChalk based in Pennsylvania. She covers news, how-tos, and user guides for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Before becoming a writer Abigail studied computer science at University and also worked at Apple for more than two years. When not creating masterpiece for GeeksChalk, you can usually find Abigail hiking, climbing, or otherwise unplugged.
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