HomeKit has changed how I interact with many of the rooms in my house. While lighting and cameras tend to have the spotlight for most people as they can easily see the impact, environment monitoring ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Apple unveiled the HomePod Mini in November 2020, and not long after ...

According to Bloomberg, and backed up by analysis from iFixit, the HomePod mini includes a secret sensor that is designed to measure the current temperature and humidity of the room the HomePod mini ...

Here's how to take advantage of the temperature and humidity sensors in HomePod 2 and HomePod mini. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac HomePod 2 and (surprise!) HomePod mini both include temperature and ...

In January 2023, Apple released a HomePod 16.3 software update that adds humidity and temperature sensing to the second-generation ‌HomePod‌ and all HomePod mini models. This article explains how to ...

Your smart speakers have more built-in functionality than you might have realized if you've just been using them to queue up playlists and get weather forecasts. Dig a bit deeper into their features, ...

Soon Apple will release a new update for HomePod mini users that brings a slew of new features, such as previously-unused environmental sensors. We tried it out before release. Apple surprised users ...

You can't check the temperature of a room with your iPhone itself, but you can buy a thermometer that connects to your iPhone via Bluetooth. You can also use these apps and devices to measure the ...