Earlier this week, a Nest outage lasted for 17 hours. Nest cameras didn't capture any video footage during that time. This downtime was likely a minor inconvenience, in most cases, if it was noticed at all. But for others who experienced some type of … [Read more...]
It’s time for the DIY smart home 2020 challenge with Home Assistant
After living with the Samsung SmartThings Wi-Fi hub functionality for a few weeks, it’s time to move on. Well, sort of. I like how Samsung’s product is running my smart home currently, so I’m not abandoning it. Instead, I’ll be looking at a more … [Read more...]
Why the last 10 years was the decade of the smart home
As one decade ends and another begins, I realize that I’ve been following the smart home space for a full 10 years. And yet for most consumers, it may seem like 2019 was the year of the smart home. Because for many, it was probably the first time … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Nov. 15, 2019
Amazon takes the smart speaker sales crown in Q3: Amazon Prime Day must have really helped to move Echo devices because, in the third quarter of this year, Canalys estimated Amazon shipped 10.4 million of them. That’s up from the 6.3 million Echo … [Read more...]
Why I’m not sold on the Amazon-led Voice Interoperability Initiative
Last week, Amazon made a big splash in the digital assistant space introducting its Voice Interoperability Initiative. The effort is backed by more than 30 companies and aims to build "voice services that can work seamlessly with others, while … [Read more...]
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