Google Home works with multiple voice assistants? Google claims that its Home products only work with Google Assistant. Sonos, however, disagrees, and to prove it has even offered to demonstrate how its own technology supports both Alexa and Google … [Read more...]
Podcast: The IoT goes to Congress
Hello! This week we start with Congress, where the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings related to interoperability and lock-in tied to smart home devices. We drew special attention to testimony by Jonathan Zittrain, who wrote a long, but … [Read more...]
Don’t buy a smart lock any time soon
Earlier this week, Level introduced a new, less-expensive smart lock. It’s smaller and, at $249, cheaper than the current $329 Level Lock Touch Edition. Level removed the touch and keycard functionality to reduce the cost and price on this new model. … [Read more...]
Otis is rethinking elevators for smarter buildings
Climate change, COVID, and the need for smarter, more productive buildings has prompted elevator (and escalator) maker Otis to redesign the elevator. This week, the company launched what it calls its Gen3 elevator platform, which lets architects … [Read more...]
We now know what we don’t know about Matter
There are still a lot of unknowns with regard to the new Matter interoperability standard, but we have a much better sense of what we don't know in the wake of a panel hosted this week by Silicon Labs. During the event, which I moderated (and was … [Read more...]