Getting started
You need a Mac with macOS 26 or later, or an iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, and the internet. There’s nothing to sign up for: Hum uses your Apple Account, so every device with the same Apple Account shows the same ideas and minutes. New accounts get 3 free minutes, while each day’s free allowance lasts.
Talking to Hum
Start a call
- Mac: press ⌥ A in any app. Tap it to talk hands-free and tap again to finish, or hold it while you talk.
- iPhone and iPad: tap Talk to Hum in the app or on the Lock Screen, add it to Control Center or the Action Button, or ask Siri.
End a call
It ends by itself when Hum is done, or after 5 seconds of quiet. Tap again to finish sooner. Cancel (⌥ C on a Mac) hangs up and undoes everything that call did; the time still counts.
What to say
Talk the way you think: “New project: my portfolio site. First idea, a dark mode toggle.” “Mark the first one done.” “What did I want to build last month?” Hum answers in the language you speak, and tidies your words without changing what you meant.
Quiet, sounds and the Lock Screen
Turn off Hum speaks answers or Sounds in Settings. From a locked iPhone or iPad, Hum can only add ideas; unlock for anything else.
Fixing problems
Hum can’t hear me
Allow the microphone: on a Mac in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone, on iPhone or iPad in Settings › Apps › Hum.
⌥ A does nothing
Another app may use that key. Pick another in Settings › General › Shortcuts.
I don’t hear the sounds
Check Sounds in Hum’s Settings. On iPhone, Silent mode mutes them.
“Hum needs the internet”
Hum listens and answers online. Offline you can still read your ideas, but not talk or edit. No minutes were used.
An idea landed in the wrong place
Say “move that to …”, move it by hand, or tap Undo.
My other device doesn’t show my ideas
Check that both use the same Apple Account, got Hum from the App Store, and are online.
Minutes and purchases
- Counting: a call counts while it’s open, pauses included, plus a few seconds to connect. A call that never connects is free.
- Running low: Hum tells you at 2 minutes. At zero the call ends, and what was saved stays.
- Buying: packs of 30, 60 or 180 minutes in Settings (on a Mac also Add minutes… in the menu bar). No subscription. Minutes never expire and work on all your devices.
- “Waiting for approval” means Ask to Buy: the minutes arrive once it’s approved.
- Refunds: Hum doesn’t offer refunds on minute packs; requests go through Apple. See the Terms of Use.
Your ideas and account
- Undo: tap Undo after a change, or say “undo”, up to 20 changes back.
- Export: Settings › Export all ideas (on a Mac, in Settings › Account) gives you a Markdown file.
- Delete: Settings › Delete account and data erases your ideas and minutes. It can’t be undone, and unused minutes are lost.
- Privacy: Hum hears you only during a call and keeps no voice recordings. More in the Privacy Policy.
Still stuck?
Email support@sayhum.com with your device, what you were doing and what you expected. We read every message.