Amazon takes the smart speaker sales crown in Q3: Amazon Prime Day must have really helped to move Echo devices because, in the third quarter of this year, Canalys estimated Amazon shipped 10.4 million of them. That’s up from the 6.3 million Echo … [Read More...]
Podcast: Google explains itself and new Wyze gear!
Wyze makes some of the most reasonably-priced smart-home gear on the market and said earlier this month that it was planning a smorgasbord of new products, which Kevin and I detail in this episode. We then cover low-power wide-area networks with news … [Read More...]
Twinkly makes smart holiday lights that work
I've spent years trying to find a good connected option for my holiday lights. Yes, I've connected my outdoor lights and tree lights to smart plugs, but as anyone who has looked at a Hue or LIFX bulb knows, there are lot of cool things we could do … [Read More...]
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Veego can diagnose the smart home before it breaks
For many people, a smart home is a buggy home, with devices that don't work well with their mesh Wi-Fi network setup, or a video doorbell that experiences lag no matter how fast the internet speeds … [Read More...]
What smart garage door opener options are there that don’t rely on the cloud?
On the most recent IoT Podcast episode, Billy called in and left a question on our voicemail hotline. Billy currently has a Chamberlain MyQ system for his garage door but is looking for alternatives … [Read More...]
How to modernize the electric industry
The U.S. electrical grid is old, essential, and under a lot of stress. Plenty of efforts are being made to modernize where we get our energy from, how we transmit it, and — in the event of … [Read More...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 9, 2019
Wyze has a lot of new gear coming: Wyze, the maker of several high-quality and inexpensive connected devices, isn't done shaking up the world of gadgets. It recently shared with users that it is … [Read More...]
Podcast: How a smarter edge can make schools safer
This week on the show, Kevin and I started with a discussion of reports of how smart speakers can receive remote commands from a hacker with a laser. We then shifted gears to talk about company … [Read More...]