An infrared temperature sensor is a tool I would like to add as another essential tool to your press room. They cost only about $100 which is very little in comparison to the payback they offer.

If you're using Amazon Echo speakers at home, you'll find a temperature sensor inside the 2nd-gen Echo Plus (launched 2018), the 4th-gen Echo (launched 2020), and the 5th-gen Echo Dot (launched 2022).

However, if you use it correctly, it can be pretty helpful at times, even if it’s a bit situational. First off, the infrared light sensor works pretty much the same as the motion sensor.

Enter the temperature-monitoring smart coaster. At the heart of this build is a GY-906 infrared temperature sensor, which senses the warmth (or lack thereof) and displays the degrees on a small ...

You can also use the Apple Home app on an iPad or iPhone to view the current readings. Here’s how to see the temperature or humidity in your home — this works when you are away from home, too.

Have the new HomePod 2 or HomePod mini smart speakers? If so, you’ve got access to built-in temp and humidity sensors with software 16.3 which can be useful in a variety of ways. Here’s how to ...

Sensing body temperature When we first heard reports of Apple’s work on a temperature sensor for the Apple Watch, many hoped that it would be sophisticated enough to power a broad array of ...

While we didn’t find much practical use for the temperature sensor in our Google Pixel 8 Pro review, mainly for the fact that you literally need to point the sensor close to the object to record ...

To get a readout from the sensors, make sure you have updated your iPhone or iPad to 16.3 or later, which should allow you to update the HomePod software to 16.3, then follow these steps.