Temperature and humidity entities from HomePod Mini (and eventually HomePod 2)

[linardsblk]

Hi.

Since HomeKit version 16.3 temperature and humidity sensors have been enabled for HomePod mini and eventually HomePod 2 when it is released.

Would be nice to have these entities accesIble in HA to do a bunch of stuff.

[birneee]

Duplicate: HomePod Mini Temperature/Humidity Sensor to HA

[metbril (Robert 🇳🇱🇪🇺)]

This is an alternative / workaround:

How-to integrate HomePod Mini Sensors into Home Assistant When Direct Integration Isn't Possible

Here is the howto we both created from a discussion on https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/103295 : To integrate HomePod Mini Sensors into Home Assistant when direct integration isn’t possible, you can use the following two methods: We will use HomeKit as an intermediary to integrate HomePod Mini sensors into Home Assistant. Method A (Less Secure): Create an input_boolean Exposed to HomeKit: input_boolean: homekit_sensors_update: name: Collection of HomeKit Sensors init…

[SchroedersKater (Thomas)]

This is an alternative / workaround: …

It is almost impossible for a normal user to implement this. Even a software developer has to read a whole bunch of documentation that is difficult to understand and is lucky if he can cope with it.

It would be great if this could be implemented or if someone could write a manual for the ordinary user.