If they fed their dog regularly, it wouldn't have had to prepare a meal by itself.
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HomePod Saves Family's Life After Dog Starts Kitchen Fire
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Most newer (90’s+) houses in SoCal have interconnected smoke detectors as well. Older homes don’t.
Whilst the story is wild, it’s certainly a good thing that HomePod can detect an issue, whether by sound or heat. Maybe there is a smoke alarm, but they couldn’t hear it from the part of the house they were in. Or maybe a nearby HomePod sensed the heat.
Either way, I have several HomePods and HomePod minis dotted around the house, so I’m happy to have this feature in case something happens somewhere and the HomePod nearest to the incident can detect and notify me
Either way, I have several HomePods and HomePod minis dotted around the house, so I’m happy to have this feature in case something happens somewhere and the HomePod nearest to the incident can detect and notify me
So what have we learned today? Stove tops and cardboard boxes don't mix. Who knew?
I’m sure there are a lot of decent people commenting on Rumors, but the number of absolutely asinine comments on this story is, well, really impressive.
The HomePod can listen for smoke alarms and other things. It’s an accessibility feature. People sometimes sleep through alarms. Older homes may not have working, connected alarms. I had to pay an electrician to replace my 25 yo connected alarms.
If one doesn’t know how something works, and I’m just spitballing here, if one doesn’t know how something works, perhaps to avoid sounding like a [censored] one should either A) avoid commenting, B) investigate further, or C) rethink life choices and live off grid for a few years.
One more point, my Samsung stove has dials right in the front. My crazy pup lit the stove by jumping up. We have to pull the dials off and store them in a drawer.
(Furthermore, it’s a Samsung stove, not an “American” stove, so anti-American comments wouldn’t make sense in this context. Save them for another asinine comment.)
The HomePod can listen for smoke alarms and other things. It’s an accessibility feature. People sometimes sleep through alarms. Older homes may not have working, connected alarms. I had to pay an electrician to replace my 25 yo connected alarms.
If one doesn’t know how something works, and I’m just spitballing here, if one doesn’t know how something works, perhaps to avoid sounding like a [censored] one should either A) avoid commenting, B) investigate further, or C) rethink life choices and live off grid for a few years.
One more point, my Samsung stove has dials right in the front. My crazy pup lit the stove by jumping up. We have to pull the dials off and store them in a drawer.
(Furthermore, it’s a Samsung stove, not an “American” stove, so anti-American comments wouldn’t make sense in this context. Save them for another asinine comment.)
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Fire Alarm and Apple HomePod Join Forces To Thwart Murderous Dog
They do have a temp sensor. This is from the Climate section in the Home app, tap on Temperature, then select the device. HomePod mini here:
I would just like the point out:
The doggo didn’t actually start that kitchen fire. The homeowners setup the circumstances for everything bad to have happened… unless, of course, dog also placed the cardboard box on the stovetop. Now if the dog did that, then it was 100% the dog’s fault. Otherwise, I’m not blaming that dog for any of this.
The doggo didn’t actually start that kitchen fire. The homeowners setup the circumstances for everything bad to have happened… unless, of course, dog also placed the cardboard box on the stovetop. Now if the dog did that, then it was 100% the dog’s fault. Otherwise, I’m not blaming that dog for any of this.
I accidentally left a temperature sensor for my smart thermostat on the stone ledge by my gas fireplace. Days later I turned on the fireplace through my iPhone while in another room to warm the basement during a winter day and eventually got a notification for high heat. I found the temperature sensor and moved it accordingly. I own a HomePod but it was an iPhone notification that alerted me. So maybe what happened in this story is plausible if the HomePod was in the kitchen or they have a temperature sensor in the kitchen? Which, for what it's worth I happen to also have a temperature sensor in the kitchen.
love that you think people don’t have cookers that are easily 30+ years old in their homes still
A month or so ago, I received an alert in my Home app when I was at work about a sound notification. I called my mother who lives with us. She was cooking something and set the smoke detector off. No fire and she was fine. But it was good to get the alert.
yep something similar happened to me while i was away.
thats the main draw here, sure you should be able to hear the alarm when you are home, but being notified when you are away is a huge 'free' feature.
alllowed me to check cameras and determine false alarm.
It sounds like an electric stovetop many only need the knob to be turned to start cooking.
Our cat turned on our relatively new Induction stove (single-touch control) on multiple occasions, once with an empty steel pot on top resulting in a lot of burned plastic and broken glass before the overheat sensor kicked in.
Our new stove requires two buttons to be pressed in order to start cooking, but they've still managed to turn it on a couple of times. Just gotta be careful not to leave any steel cookware on top after use.
1: that dog is the devil.
2: those people are HEAVY sleepers.
3: those people are not very smart for leaving boxes on the stovetop.
2: those people are HEAVY sleepers.
3: those people are not very smart for leaving boxes on the stovetop.
Sounds like the family and the dog both had a ruff time.
Have you ever heard a smoke alarm going off? The “report” said the owners didn’t hear it… but they did hear the iPhone notification.
Did you watch the video? Camera conveniently placed in a way that the stove is almost in the center…
And the when the video shows the actual fire - the camera has moved ( so it appears at least to me).
I am not questioning that the HomePod can pick up sounds and measure temp, but this story is totally staged
Correction:
Fire started indirectly by humans leaving combustible items on a stovetop.
Dog not at fault.
Lesson: Don't place items on a stove that don't belong there.
Fire started indirectly by humans leaving combustible items on a stovetop.
Dog not at fault.
Lesson: Don't place items on a stove that don't belong there.
The dog thought he was celebrating the fourth of July because his owners said they wanted a Hot Dog.
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