Managed to get your hands on a brand new HomePod or HomePod Mini? More importantly, is this your very first smart speaker? In that case, you may be wondering how to figure out some of the basic features that it has to offer. This may include things like setting an alarm or adding reminders via HomePod, but it’s actually pretty simple.

The HomePod is powered by Siri, the same voice assistant that can be found across all major Apple devices. Since you’ll be using Siri to get almost all of the things done for you, which is the whole point of using a smart…