The sensor is disabled, but Apple could choose to turn it on with a future software update. The HomePod mini is Apple's answer to a smart speaker that can fit anywhere in your home, but a newly ...

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Real-time environmental monitoring is increasingly important in agriculture, industrial automation, smart homes, and healthcare. The real-time data monitoring ...

In a new report from Bloomberg, Mark Gurman revealed that the HomePod mini has tiny a sensor to measure temperature and humidity that, so far, lies dormant. Why is it there? Why isn’t it turned on?

Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated the changing energy landscape to help people make smart energy decisions. He's a graduate of the Knight Center for Environmental ...

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Apple's HomePod mini includes a dormant hidden sensor that can measure temperature and humidity, potentially providing the means to power upcoming features that could arrive in a future software ...

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 ...

Jon Porter is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Apple’s HomePod mini smart speaker has an ...