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IoT news of the week for March 29, 2019

March 29, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

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Wyze adds home smarts on the cheap: After announcing a $20 million funding round and one million WyzeCams sold, Wyze is following up with its next low-cost product, the Wyze Sense. This is a $20 add-on package of products, available in May, that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: aws, Azure, Hubitat, IFTTT, Lowes, Microsoft, Resideo, TomTom, Volswagon, Wyze

On-device speech recognition on smart speakers: Only half of the cloudless smart home equation

March 27, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

When Google announced its "end-to-end, all-neural, on-device speech recognizer" for the Gboard phone keyboard two weeks ago, I was initially excited. That's because speech recognition can now run locally on Gboard, even without a network … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, aws, cloud, google, google assistant, Google cloud, Google Home, hub, smart home

Are there outdoor Z-Wave outlets to control webcams outside? Yes, but they’re mostly the same.

March 15, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

This week on the IoT Podcast Hotline we took a message from Kyle, who installed a Wyze camera outside on his patio. Kyle wants to control the WyzeCam's power - or reset it if the breaker trips - through a smart switch connected to his SmartThings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: ge, Honeywell, Jasco, smart home, webcams, Wyze, z-wave

Why the market for smart speaker apps can’t possibly rival that of smartphones yet

March 13, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

Last month, I wrote about the large disparity of third-party apps and actions between Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, which prompted a great comment from Chris K, who said: It seems like many of these skills are there just because it is easy to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon Echo, apps, Google Home, Smart Display, smart home, smart speakers

How to monitor a teen’s driving and what are the privacy implications?

March 8, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Earlier this week, we took a question on our IoT Podcast Hotline from Derrick, who has a teen driver and wanted to know more about connected vehicle options to monitor driving. Aside from what those options are, Derrick was curious about the privacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: connected car, How to, LTE, privacy

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