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Apple Releases HomePod 16.3 Software With Humidity and Temperature Sensing, Find My Improvements, Audio Tuning, and More
According to Apple’s release notes, HomePod software version 16.3 adds a number of new features. It activates temperature and humidity sensing for both the second-generation HomePod and the HomePod mini, allowing those readings to be used for home automation.
Ambient sounds have been remastered to be more immersive and can be added to scenes, automations, and alarms in the Home app, and recurring Home automations can be set up using Siri commands. Apple has also added a unique confirmation tone that will play when smart home requests are enacted for accessories that are located in a different room or that do not show a visible change. Find My integration for HomePod also lets you ask Siri for the location of friends and family.
For the first and second-generation larger HomePod models, optimized audio tuning provides improved clarity for spoken content like podcasts and audiobooks, and on the first-generation HomePod, there are updated volume controls for more granular adjustments at lower volumes. Apple’s full release notes for the update are below.
HomePod software version 16.3 includes support for new features for your HomePod. This update also includes bug fixes and stability improvements.
– Temperature and humidity sensing measures your indoor climate with HomePod (2nd generation) and HomePod mini
– Remastered ambient sounds are more immersive and can now be added to scenes, automations, and alarms in the Home app
– Find My on HomePod now enables you to ask Siri for the location of friends and family, if they have shared it with you
– Recurring Home automations can be set up using just your voice
– Siri confirmation tone will now play to indicate when smart home requests are completed for accessories that may not visibly show a change or are located in a different room
– Audio tuning optimizes spoken content such as podcasts for even greater clarity on HomePod (2nd generation) and HomePod (1st generation)
– Updated volume controls on HomePod (1st generation) give you more granular adjustments at lower volumes
HomePod software is installed automatically on the HomePod unless the feature is disabled, but the HomePod can also be manually updated in the Home app by following the instructions in our HomePod update how to.
This article, “Apple Releases HomePod 16.3 Software With Humidity and Temperature Sensing, Find My Improvements, Audio Tuning, and More” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.5 brings big transmog buffs, class tuning
The WoW Dragonflight patch 10.0.5 PTR notes are here, giving us a look at what to expect from the next major update for World of Warcraft as its latest expansion reaffirms its place as one of the best MMORPGs on PC. The patch notes feature a lot of class buffs and nerfs following on from recent WoW Dragonflight class tuning, with Druid and Priest seeing some of the most sweeping overhauls, but perhaps the most exciting pieces of news are a new trading post and a raft of changes to make WoW transmog even better.
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WoW Dragonflight patch notes detail huge class tuning and threat buffs
The next round of WoW Dragonflight patch notes are here, as Blizzard drops details on the next World of Warcraft update coming on December 6 with the weekly maintenance patch. Among the changes revealed for the MMORPG are big buffs to threat generation for tanks, buffs to fire Mage, resto Shaman, Paladin, and Warrior. Meanwhile, assassination Rogue nerfs are on the table and Death Knight gets some heavy PvP nerfs in the first full weekly reset following the WoW Dragonflight release date.
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Modern Warfare 2 update brings back weapon tuning
Plus a few big stability upgrades that should fix some crashes and lag
Modern Warfare 2 may be giving people too much power with the addition of attachment tuning
Back when Modern Warfare 2 was shown only to select few in the media, one particular feature of the Gunsmith was glossed over during the presentation. It showed the player adjusting the characteristics of weapon attachments, and some of those in attendance even mentioned it in their previews.
It’s since been forgotten, however, simply because it was nowhere to be seen in the beta, so everyone assumed it’s been axed.
But it’s actually in the final game. Buried deep in a blog post about progression, Activision confirmed that players will indeed be able to tweak the behaviour of attachments. The feature is unlocked upon reaching max level with a gunsmithable weapon – basically any weapon that can be tweaked in the Gunsmith.
FIFA 23’s first patch is a “tuning update” aimed at penalties and dribbling
Soccer sim FIFA 23 has been given its first patch since the Day One update, but don’t expect to encounter any earth-shattering changes when you next take to the pitch. Described as a “live tuning update”, the patch adjusts the difficulty of penalties and fiddles with dribbling speed for some players. These changes are already live in the game, but you’ll need to restart your FIFA session when the tuning update message pops up to apply it.