iOS 12 Beta 5 confirmed that HomePod will support phone calls

n June, it became known that Apple plans to add support for phone calls for the smart HomePod column.

Then we were informed that with the release of iOS 12 HomePod will receive many new features. Among them, the ability to run multiple timers at once, support the Find iPhone function and support for phone calls. Earlier, no confirmation of this was not, but now we have official evidence from Apple.

In the fifth beta version of iOS 12 , released today, it was discovered that the smart speaker will really support calls. On the HomePod settings screen there is a privacy section in which you can configure access to messages, notes, reminders, etc.

In the new beta iOS 12 in this section appeared the item "phone calls". So far this is all, but this fact indicates that Apple will release the function publicly in September this year. Perhaps, the feature will be available even with some of the subsequent beta versions of iOS 12, but this is unlikely.

It's worth noting that updates for HomePod come with iOS public updates, so you can not test the feature yet.

This is one of the functions that HomePod should have initially, but it's better late than never.