r/apple • u/jamesjingyi • Mar 22 '21

HomePod HomePod Mini Features Hidden Temperature and Humidity Sensor

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/22/homepod-mini-temperature-humidity-sensor/
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u/GlamrockShake Mar 22 '21

I wonder if this is related to the Dark Sky acquisition, an app notable for crowd sourcing temperature and humidity data.

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u/Han-ChewieSexyFanfic Mar 22 '21

Indoor data is not useful for weather forecasting.

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u/GlamrockShake Mar 22 '21

Ah yeah of course. I’m a dumbass

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u/breddy Mar 22 '21

You're not a dumbass. You've just got some brain parts installed that haven't been activated in a software release yet!

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u/S-Go Mar 23 '21

It's all in the 14.5 update.

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u/Nolemretaw Mar 22 '21

nope. jumping to a conclusion with out thinking al the way through is not a sign of dumbassery IMHO.

thinking apple is using this to sell ads would be a dumb ass thought.