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Wink hub got you down? Here are some smart home switching options.

July 13, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 11 Comments

Wink hubs lost connectivity and functionality since an outage began on July 1. As of today, July 13, it's still a problem according to the official Wink Status page. Indeed, until yesterday, there wasn't even a detailed status update from Wink. Now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, Hubitat, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wink

IoT news of the week for July 1, 2022

July 1, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Signify exec says Hue bulbs won't have Thread: This entire article featuring Hue's George Yianni discussing plans for the upcoming Matter home interoperability standard is worth a read, but the most surprising tidbit was how Hue thinks about Thread. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: amazon alexa, artificial intelligence, cameras, Mycroft, Philips Hue, robots, routers, Signify, Thread, zigbee

WWDC 2022: Why Apple’s influence on Matter is a win for all smart homes

June 7, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 12 Comments

This might surprise you but I think the new Matter smart home standard is the best thing that's happened with Apple HomeKit yet. And just because I like sharing multiple surprises, you might not know how much HomeKit has influenced that standard. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple, Google Home, HomeBridge, homekit, Hubitat, Insteon, Matter, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, WWDC 2022

How to use a HomeKit garage door opener with an Alexa smart lock

May 25, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Steve left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Steve is transitioning his smart home platform from using Amazon Alexa to Apple HomeKit. However, his family likes the fingerprint sensor door lock in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, Ecobee, fingerprint sensor, garage doors, Meross, smart locks

Can you set up custom sound notifications with Alexa or other digital assistants?

May 7, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Keith left on our IoT Voicemail hotline. He wants to set up custom sound notifications in his smart home because he sometimes has a difficult time hearing certain things. Keith wants to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon, amazon alexa, Apple, Apple iOS, google, Google Home, Google Nest, smart home, sound detection

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