Apple today released new 16.3 software for the HomePod, second-generation HomePod, and HomePod mini. Apple says the update adds a number of new features.
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 moreover 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 increasingly immersive and can now be widow 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 traps that may not visibly show a transpiration or are located in a variegated room
– Audio tuning optimizes spoken content such as podcasts for plane greater clarity on HomePod (2nd generation) and HomePod (1st generation)
– Updated volume controls on HomePod (1st generation) requite you increasingly granular adjustments at lower volumes
Your HomePod or HomePod mini should update automatically, but you can moreover manually update your device by doing the following:
- Open the Home app.
- Tap on the home icon, which can be found in the upper left corner of the app display.
- If you have only one home set up, this will take you directly to settings, and you can skip directly to Step 5. If you have multiple homes set up, tap “Home Settings” on the sheet that pops up.
- Tap your desired home.
- Scroll lanugo to “Software Update.”
- Pull lanugo from the top of the iPhone or iPad screen to trammels for an update.
Once you’ve tapped on “Software Update,” you’ll see the current version of the HomePod software that is installed on your HomePod or HomePod mini. You can moreover toggle off will-less updates if you want.
If there is an misogynist update, tap the “Install” sawed-off to update your HomePod. If you have increasingly than one HomePod or HomePod mini in your home, each one will be updated at the same time via this software update feature.
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