To set up your iHome Powered by LifePod smart speaker using an iOS device:
Before setting up your smart speaker, create your LifePod account in the Caregiver Portal using your LifePod invitation email.
- Connect the power adapter to the bottom of the smart speaker
- Plug into an appropriate outlet. You will hear the smart speaker say, “Wi-Fi mode“ followed by “Welcome! Please download the iHome Powered by LifePod app…”
- Connect your iOS mobile device to the Wi-Fi network that you will be using to connect the smart speaker (only 2.4GHz networks are supported)
- Open the App Store on your iOS mobile device and search “iHome Powered by LifePod” OR open this link in a web browser on your iOS device: lifepod.com/ios
- Click the “Get” button or the download symbol (cloud with downward arrow)
- Once downloaded, click “Open”
- Open the LifePod app and click “Let’s Get Started”
- Press and hold the “talk” button on the smart speaker until you hear “Entering setup mode…”
- Click “Next”
- Go to your phone’s Wi-FI settings and select the network starting with iHome iLP14 XXXX . The speaker will say, “Great! Please reopen the app…”
- Return to the LifePod app and click “Next”
- Select the appropriate Wi-Fi network, enter the Password and click “Continue”
- Click here if you enter an incorrect password
Select “Allow While Using App” to access the Wi-Fi (LifePod does not collect your actual location). When complete, the speaker will say, “Wi-Fi connection successful”- Set your care recipient’s time zone and click “Save”
- Click “Assign Care Recipient”
- Enter your LifePod email address and password. Click “Log in”
- Select or confirm your care recipient and click “Next”
- After successfully connecting your speaker, click “Close”