Sensors in the HomePod smart speakers can tell you how hot it is in your room as well as read the humidity. Here’s how to use the new feature and how to set up Apple Home automations to use the ...

Apple activated the dormant temperature and humidity sensors in the HomePod mini with its 16.3 update and the revived HomePod 2 also comes with the same hardware and software capabilities.

Tap on either the temperature or humidity reading to get more options. From the next screen, you can change the name of the sensor, change the room that it's in, and check that it's working okay.

Sensirion SHT1x/SHT7x precision humidity and temperature sensor (Octopart search, starting at $25). This isn’t a cheap sensor. Octopart lists a few places to buy it.

The temperature- and humidity-sensing features don’t seem to be live yet in iOS 16.2; several Verge staff couldn’t get theirs to work, even on the iOS 16.3 beta.

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.