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Comment by burkaman | Hacker News Reader

I've never seen a temperature sensor on a phone before, I thought that was kind of cool. Sounds like it doesn't really work though: https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/google-pixel-8-pro-the...

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>when done correctly, the Pixel 8 Pro's temperature readings are very accurate. Clinical trials revealed that the Pixel 8 Pro could successfully calculate body temperatures between 96.9°F and 104°F to within a margin of error of ±0.54°F.

https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/google-explains-pixel-...

The "human body measurement" test in that article seems flawed. When you launch the Thermometer app, there's only two buttons: Object temperature and Body temperature.

So I'm not sure why the author tried to measure body temperature by using "Object temperature" mode with "default" setting and measuring the temperature under the tongue. The Body Temperature test has always been accurate for me and matches my higher end forehead thermometer.

Could be the article is written by someone outside the US. If you aren't in the US (I gather—at least in the UK I can speak to personally), the app just doesn't offer body temperature at all because they haven't bothered to get it certified for medical use.

(You can work around this by spoofing your location, but it's not obvious to do.)

Looks like the body temperature update came out a couple months after that article was written, so I guess it works better now. Very cool, I would love to have that on a phone.

Samsung Galaxy S4 had one a decade ago. Also had a humidity sensor! A true weather station (barometer and light sensor too!)

That's ... not the kind of temperature sensor they are referring to.

Oh :(

Some Android phones have an IR camera so you can see the temperature of surroundings!

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