Apple’s next big thing: A business model change

Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by com2kid on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:07PM (#32813282)

> At an absolute minimum, for this to be usable as weather data they will have to determine when it's measuring the actual outside weather,

Does Apple Watch have a light sensor for an auto dimming display? If so, that can be used as a proxy for indoor/outdoor. It isn't great, shade and such. Throw barometer in there, and you can do a decent job.

Microsoft Band had a UV sensor, so we were able to get pretty accurate detection of indoor/outdoor when combined with all the other sensors, at least during the day. I'm sad UV sensors didn't take off on smart watches in general, it is a super useful sensor to have, but they are rather large and even the lens material to go over them is different than what is otherwise required for a wearable.

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Re:Apple’s next big thing: A business model change by labcomputer on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:48PM (#32814070)

I don't see this working effectively. A UV sensor is great during daytime, but what about at night?

Then, you still have to account for the fact that your thermometer is located right next to a variable ~100W heater, vs. normal weather stations that are normally located away from heat sources. Also, the thermometer and heater are occasionally placed inside a tight-fitting insulated container.

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