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Podcast: How Amazon treats your Alexa data

July 4, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week Kevin and I read and discuss the letter from Amazon responding to inquiries about how it keeps and handles data. We go in-depth because it's important to discuss the tradeoff between services and privacy. We also discuss a company leaking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: amazon alexa, BMW, d-link, Dell Technologies, FTC, google glass, HPE, Lutron, Microsoft Hololens, Olisto, Philips, RealWear, SmartThings, Tags Afero

Olisto is an IFTTT replacement that isn’t quite ready to replace IFTTT

July 3, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

If you don’t have a smart home hub but want to automate some of your devices, a service such as IFTTT or Yonomi are good options. But they’re not the only ones, they just have been around the longest. Enter Olisto as a relatively new option for both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: amazon alexa, Android, automations, Google Home, IFTTT, iOS, Olisto, smart home, stringify

How to reduce smart speaker clutter: Ceiling and wall mounts

June 24, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Jeff called into our voicemail hotline and asked about something that I too have been struggling with: smart speaker overload. By overload, I don't mean having too many smart speakers but having these devices taking up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, ceiling mount, digital assistant, google assistant, Google Home, How to, smart speakers, wall mount

My 4 favorite home automations and voice commands

June 19, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Last week, I surprised many readers when I noted why automated scenes don’t get any love in my home. And I was surprised that between comments on the blog and on social media were split fairly evenly: About half of them were in the same boat as me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, amazon alexa, automation, digital assistant, June Oven, Nest Hello, routines, smart home, timers

Google Assistant on Sonos is mostly great, with just a few limitations

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

After a year-and-a-half of waiting, Sonos officially supports the Google Assistant. A Sonos software update is required and is in the process of rolling out now, first in the US, to be followed by the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Amazon, amazon alexa, google, google assistant, Google Home, smart speakers, sonos, Sonos One, voice assistant

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