This story was originally published on June 23, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. You can sign up here. Broadcom's claim to fame before it became a chip and software conglomerate was that it was able to integrate multiple radios on a single chip. … [Read more...]
Podcast: How to add ChatGPT to the smart home
This week's podcast tackles Kevin's real-world experience with the Google Pixel tablet and speaker dock. He liked the tablet, but as a smart home accessory it's lacking, which is what we had originally anticipated. But it's still a bummer, because I … [Read more...]
Podcast: Google inches toward a smarter home
This week Kevin and I discuss the news from Google's smart home event, and what it means for the big players in the game, standards efforts, your television, and whether Amazon can compete without a smartphone when it comes to the smart home. From … [Read more...]
All about Wi-Fi 6 and the new Wi-Fi 6E
The Wi-Fi Alliance a few weeks ago said it will launch the Wi-Fi 6E brand to classify Wi-Fi devices operating in the 6-gigahertz spectrum, which the Federal Communications Commission plans to soon release. As traditional Wi-Fi devices operate in the … [Read more...]
Podcast: New toys, Pi Day and insect-tracking LIDAR
We have reached the purported end of Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm, so Kevin and I finally shared our thoughts on the topic. After that we discussed a murder that was solved using evidence from connected devices, Google Routines and Strava’s privacy … [Read more...]