If you love tinkering, ESPHome is a fantastic way to build custom smart home devices. This open-source firmware framework ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Apple unveiled the HomePod Mini in November 2020, and not long after ...

HomeKit has changed how I interact with many of the rooms in my house. While lighting and cameras tend to have the spotlight for most people as they can easily see the impact, environment monitoring ...

Here's how to take advantage of the temperature and humidity sensors in HomePod 2 and HomePod mini. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac HomePod 2 and (surprise!) HomePod mini both include temperature and ...

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Your smart speakers have more built-in functionality than you might have realized if you've just been using them to queue up playlists and get weather forecasts. Dig a bit deeper into their features, ...

Your HomePod Mini can now tell you how hot it is in your room, as well as clock the humidity. The new HomePod will be able to do this, too, so here’s how to put it to use. Your HomePod Mini can now ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Each exhaled breath carries distinct signatures of human activity - quick and shallow during exercise, deep and regular in sleep, irregular while speaking. These breathing ...

The HomePod is back from the dead, and fortunately, it’s not just a zombie version of the original HomePod. Among the new features is one that is hidden in the HomePod mini but not actually active: a ...