It’s time for the end-of-year question and answer episode where Kevin and I tinker, search Google, and ask companies for help answering your questions about the smart home. We start with a broad category of questions related to your needs outside that mostly require some kind of low power wide area network to work. Then we focus on Wi-Fi by answering a question about what to look for in a mesh Wi-Fi router and automating your home using your phone attaching to the in-home Wi-Fi as opposed to using GPS.
For the second half of the show, we touch twice on my favorite topic — lighting! We answer a question for help finding a few smart bulb options that are super bright. Then we talk about smart bulbs that you could take on the road, because why not make your hotel room or Airbnb smart? We get tactical with specific sensors to address a request for a hidden open/close sensor for a door and steer y’all away from a product that seemed too good to be true. Finally, we talk about why you might see declining stocks of SmartThings hubs. It’s not because SmartThings is going away, it’s just that Samsung, which owns the company, isn’t focusing on building its own hardware anymore. Enjoy the show, and we’ll be back next week with our traditional format!
For those of us who have a hearing deficit, can you please give us a quick link to where can we find transcripts of your current and past podcasts, and include the applicable link below each current podcast? Thank you.
I don’t have transcripts for the show because people didn’t really use them so it didn’t justify the time and money. To help the hearing impaired, we did put the show on YouTube, which will generate captions. This should help?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkzQAKW9DmqmQm_JxSUt5Gg
Wow! I didn’t know you put your audio shows on Youtube!
Thanks for the link!
And I will try to spread the word on the hearing deficit forums.
People with various deficits are heavily into home automation.
I would also suggest that you put the link to the Youtube version at the bottom of each of your shows, at least going forward.
Thanks.