I can get a humidity reading if I ask Siri from my HomePod Mini, but nothing appears in my Home app.
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How to Use the Temperature and Humidity Sensors on HomePod and HomePod Mini
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Same.
Home app will not show anything. I've reset my Homepod mini's, restarted them, power cycled, etc. Nothing works for it to show in the Home app.
Home App in macOS 13.1 does not read the temp and humidity from the applicable HomePods.
iOS 13.3 does read the new sensor info.
It seems quite an oversight to exclude macOS from the new sensor data.
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iOS 13.3 does read the new sensor info.
It seems quite an oversight to exclude macOS from the new sensor data.
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Did you try force closing the Home app? That worked for me after updating.
How can I automate Siri to read Temp and Humidity when I trigger the Good Morning command?
Well this is embarassing. Did this require 16.3? I thought I had finished that install but I was on 16.2 still. It is working now!
Everything works for me as expected. The temp is exactly the same as my thermostat's so no issues so far with accuracy (or my thermostat is incorrect but it matches other temp readings I've done).
I can ask Siri what the temperature is in a particular room and she provides the result.
I can ask Siri what the temperature is in a particular room and she provides the result.
Yes, I tried that and Siri told me she couldn't do that. I had to reset all my HomePod mini and reconnect them to my phone to fix the issue. It's working now.
I restarted my HomePod Mini’s (four in total, but setup in stereo mode… so two in my living room and two in my bedroom) and they started to report the temperature and humidity pretty much instantly once completely restarted. I also restarted my iPhones, iPad Pro’s, and Macs…made sure all were logged back into before opening the Home App.
You can also ask the HomePod(s) what the temperature or humidity is. Wording will be different for most all of us as we all have different names or rooms that our HomePods are set up in. If the HomePods respond with an answer, you should most definitely be seeing the temperature in the Home app.
For example: I have to say ”Hey Siri, what is the temperature in Shawn‘s Living Room?”
I hope this helps you or anyone else that reads this that is having a bit of an issue. If not, it is a bit of trial and error. Good luck!
I would love to know how to setup this shortcut and/or automation for this as well!
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!
Yes, tried that. Phone is at 16.3, both homepod minis are also at 16.3. I can ask them the temp and humidity and they will respond and provide that info but alas nothing in the home app.
Did this multiple times to no avail. A factory reset and reconfigure fixed it. Doesn't take too long.
I had to update my Mac to 13.2 my HomePod Minis showed the temperature/humidity. I assume you would need to update your iPhone to 16.3 to get it to work with your phone.
I already had temperature/humidity sensors in the rooms that have HomePod Minis and the results are almost the same.
I already had temperature/humidity sensors in the rooms that have HomePod Minis and the results are almost the same.
I concur with mine as well, same results of what I've been tracking.
All working in home app and when I asked for the temperature. Although it would be nice if the temperature that’s given would be specific to the room I’m in. Even if I ask a specific HomePod in a given room it only gives me the average temperature across all the rooms.
I’m very excited to get the temperature and humidity sensors. Now I can buy HomePod minis for the rest of my house instead of buying a bunch of Eve Room sensors. Seems like a much better deal.
Worked out nicely as the room I have OG HomePods in I already have have a sensor. All others rooms have HomePod minis in.
You can use Home Widget for that with other sensors, but I just checked and it doesn’t seem HomePod sensors are accessible as sources in the app yet.
This worked. I had to reset all the way, remove them from the home app, and re-add them and now the temp and humidity show.
We have 2 HomePod minis in our garden room , the updates started sometime last night , checked when I got home and they both displaying temperature and humidity on my lock screen .
It's working now! And it replaces my EVE temperature gauge that broke, thanks Apple.
