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Temperature and humidity sensor is a nice perk for those of us with acoustic guitars and orchids. Presumably it can be used with Apple Shortcuts to trigger notifications. Might upgrade my first gen HomePod eventually, but it still sounds great.

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"With its built-in sensor, HomePod can detect and tell you the temperature and humidity of the room.8 And you can set it in automations so the blinds close if the temperature hits 80 degrees."

fyi HomePod Mini also has those sensors

Siri claims it can't tell me the room temperature.

I wonder if it needs an update because I've just asked one for both temperature and humidity and it was able to tell me.

Also see the comparison table at the bottom of this page: https://www.apple.com/uk/homepod-2nd-generation/

Seems like it: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/18/homepods-now-feature-te...

Maybe the update also requires iOS 16 on a connected device, I’m still on 15.

I think it depends on HW version. I got a Mini right when it came out, and with the latest beta 16.3 firmware it still says "I'm sorry, I can't do that" for requests about room temperature or humidity.

I don’t think so, the sensor was reported fairly shortly after the initial release, and there hasn’t been a second gen of the mini. It’s probably just a staged rollout.

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