After two years of moving, renting, and setting up a new home, I'm getting back into a mostly organized smart home that isn't simply a hodgepodge of devices I'm testing at the moment. I mean, we're in a pandemic, so what else am I going to do? But … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Sept. 04, 2020
Amazon can't stop, won't stop: For the last two or three years, Amazon has invited press to its Seattle headquarters in mid-September for a barrage of announcements related to Alexa and connected devices. This year, the in-person onslaught can't … [Read more...]
Switching from Wink but need Lutron support? Here are some good smart home hub options.
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we heard from Kevin in California, who left a message for us on the IoT Podcast Hotline. Like me, Kevin has been a big fan of the Wink hub, which he currently uses. However, he is planning to migrate away from … [Read more...]
Amber’s software-defined electrical currents could change the IoT
As a product reviewer for several publications, I've played around with my fair share of electrical devices — from installing switches to blowing out doorbell transformers. So when I first sat down with Thar Casey, the CEO of Amber, to learn about … [Read more...]
Tested: Home Assistant integrations, remote access and voice commands
Now that I’ve set up and configured a Raspberry Pi to run the open-source Home Assistant software, I decided to take a closer look at the device integrations and remote access of the system. Since this is a DIY solution, you don’t just get remote … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- …
- 9
- Next Page »