Turn Your Smart Speakers Into a Whole-Home Intercom System With These Simple Steps

Smart speakers like Google Nest, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod can be used as intercom systems to broadcast messages around the home.
You can send messages to all speakers or to specific ones by using commands like "Hey Google, broadcast..." or "Alexa, announce..."
Features must be enabled in device apps and speakers must be on the same wifi network to broadcast.
Users can reply to broadcast messages by saying "Hey Google, reply..." or "Hey Siri, reply..."
Speaker names and voice commands vary slightly between Google, Amazon, and Apple smart devices.

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