The Zigbee Alliance this week offered — nine months after announcing it was forthcoming — an update on Project Connected Home over IP, an effort by Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung, and others to create some kind of interoperability standard for the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet the new security standard for the smart home
This week's show kicks off with us talking about Johnson Controls buying the remaining stake it didn't hold in security company Qolsys and parallels with Google's big partnership and investment with ADT. From there Kevin and I share a bit about our … [Read more...]
Google’s ADT partnership turns the smart home into a service
Google has taken an investment stake in alarm company ADT as well as signed a deal to tie ADT's installer network to the Google ecosystem of smart home products. The deal helps Google by bringing professional installers into the homes of consumers to … [Read more...]
CES Day 2: Bulbs, more locks and and a new business model for ADT
The CES 2020 show floor doesn't open until today and we'll be running around the more than 2 million square feet of gadgets to find the latest smart products and trends. On Monday night, however, we saw a nice preview of what to expect at a mini show … [Read more...]
Amazon turns on Guard and here’s how it works
Amazon has turned on its Echo-based security system as of today, which means anyone who has an Amazon Echo device can tell Alexa, "Alexa I'm leaving," and the Amazon devices will listen for the sound of smoke alarms and breaking glass. If it detects … [Read more...]