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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen AmberOtis for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, January 25 (Xinhua)-- following yesterday's release of iOS 16.3s, iPadOS 16.3s, tvOS 16.3s, watchOS 9.3s and macOS Ventura 13.2s, Apple today released the new HomePod software version 16.3for HomePod, HomePod II and HomePod mini, with version number (2A1467).

According to Apple's release notes, a number of new features have been added to HomePod software version 16.3. It activates temperature and humidity sensing for HomePod II and HomePod mini, allowing these readings to be used in home automation.

HomePod mini used to have dormant temperature and humidity sensors, and now Apple has finally activated it, allowing temperature and humidity sensing to be activated in home automation and devices.

With voice recognition, HomePod can hear smoke or carbon monoxide alarms, recognize such sounds and send notifications directly to the user's iPhone. The new built-in temperature and humidity sensors measure the indoor environment, allowing users to set automation, such as closing the curtains or turning on the fan when the room reaches a certain temperature.

With Siri, customers can control a single device without having to do it, or create scenes, such as having multiple smart home devices start working at the same time in the morning, or setting up recurring automated operations such as "Hey Siri, open the curtains at sunrise every morning". When users use Siri to control accessories such as heating that cannot be turned on or off with the naked eye, or when they control accessories located in different rooms, HomePod will issue a new confirmation sound. Reproduced environmental sound effects such as ocean, forest and rain will be further integrated into the experience, allowing customers to add new sounds to scenes, automation and alarms.

CTOnews.com learned that users can also visually manipulate, view, and manage accessories in a redesigned home App. Home App offers new categories such as "environment", "light" and "security", as well as a new multi-location view that makes it easy for users to set up and control smart homes.

HomePod's Find My integration also allows users to ask Siri for the location of friends and family.

Tuning optimization improves the clarity of voice content such as podcasts and audiobooks, while in the first generation of HomePod, the volume control is updated to make finer adjustments at lower volume.

The full release notes for Apple's update are as follows.

HomePod software v16.3 includes support for new HomePod features. This update also includes bug fixes and stability improvements.

Temperature and humidity sensing can be used to measure indoor environment through HomePod (Generation 2) and HomePod mini

Re-recorded ambient sounds are more immersive and can now be added to scenes, automation, and alarm clocks in the Home App

Find on HomePod now allows you to ask Siri for their location when friends and family share their location with you.

Repetitive home automation can be set up with voice only

For accessories that may not be visible or are located in other rooms, a Siri confirmation tone will be played to indicate that the smart home request has been completed

Tuning optimizes reading content such as podcasts to make the content sound clearer on HomePod (Generation 2) and HomePod (Generation 1)

The updated volume control on HomePod (Gen 1) allows you to adjust the lower volume more finely

The HomePod software is automatically installed on HomePod unless the feature is disabled, but users can also manually update HomePod in their home applications.

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