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Apple releases HomePod 16.3 update, adds assortment of fixes and new features including temperature sensing and audio controls

Following the release of the iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, tvOS 16.3, watchOS 9.3, and macOS Ventura 13.2 updates on Monday, Apple on Tuesday released HomePod 16.3, which controls its HomePod, second-generation ‌HomePod‌, and HomePod mini. Per Apple’s release notes, the update offers the following fixes and changes: ‌‌‌‌HomePod‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ software is installed automatically on the ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌HomePod‌‌‌ […]

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Secret temperature/humidity sensor located within HomePod Mini, hints at forthcoming smart -home strategy in the works from Apple

This is unexpected but potentially cool. Apple’s HomePod mini smart speaker, which launched last November, arrived with new features such as a home intercom system. Still, the company had yet to declare an internal sensor that measures both temperature and humidity. Apple never disclosed the sensor’s presence, but according to sources close to the story, […]

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“Staingate” controversy gains traction, cites Apple as responsible for screen coating damage on Retina display notebooks

This is pretty much the digital version of the local peasantry showing up at your front door with torches and pitchforks. A small number of Retina MacBook Pro owners are calling for Apple to replace or repair their notebooks after discovering what appears to be irreparable damage to an antireflective screen coating layer, a problem […]

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Apple may be relaxing liquid/spill-damage repair policies

A series of internal policy documents leaked to Boy Genius Report shows that Apple may be amending its liquid damage repair policy. Apple’s mobile devices, which currently come with small Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI) patches that react and change color when in contact with water, uses the color change to determine whether a device has […]