(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc.’s HomePod mini speaker launched last November with new features such as a home intercom system. But one part of the device has remained secret: a sensor that measures ...

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The HomePod mini has a hidden capability that Apple has yet to put into action: a sensor that measures both temperature and humidity. According to Bloomberg, the sensor could be used to trigger smart ...

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 ...

A currently dormant new sensor in Apple's HomePod mini could help make the Siri-powered smart speaker a more useful part of the smart home, should the company decide to enable it in future. Launched ...

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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 ...

Apple's HomePod mini speaker launched last November with new features such as a home intercom system. But one part of the device has remained secret -- a sensor that measures temperature and humidity.