Sensor.getInfo().temperature - which devices support it without a Tempe sensor?

Hello,

I have a Garmin Venu 2 and it only supports getting the device temperature using SensorHistory.

The issue is that SensorHistory has an interval of around 3 minutes and I would like to read the temperature more frequently.

There is also the command Sensor.getInfo().temperature that should also return the temperature, but that is null on the Venu 2.

Is there a list somewhere that shows the devices where Sensor.getInfo().temperature actually works without a connected TEMPE sensor?

Does the Venu 3 support it? It doesn't seem so as it returns null in the Simulator....

Thanks in advance

Aaron

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jim_m_58 11 hours ago in reply to 4462336 +1

Maybe someone here has a venu3 and can try it.

Also consider that you may be limited on how quickly the temperature changes on any device. If you're wearing a watch, and take it off, it could be 15 minutes…

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0 jim_m_58 11 hours ago

Try my app "temps" on a real device. When it starts, you'll see the internal temp, and maybe a temp for the Tempe. If you don't have a tempe but see a temp, it will change every few seconds - a tempe only updates once a minute.

You got another variable - if the device has a baro - no baro, no temp. The temperature sensor is part of the baro altimeter. The va5 and va6 don't have a baro.

0 4462336 11 hours ago in reply to jim_m_58

The issue here is that while I have a Venu 2, I don't have a physical Venu 3 yet, so I can't test it physically on that...

0 jim_m_58 11 hours ago in reply to 4462336

Maybe someone here has a venu3 and can try it.

Also consider that you may be limited on how quickly the temperature changes on any device. If you're wearing a watch, and take it off, it could be 15 minutes before the watch shows ambient temperature.