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Smart home labels: What works with what?

July 5, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel

It's hard to believe that the Matter standard launched eight months ago at this point. Yes, there are still growing pains for Matter. But at least we're starting to see smart home devices with the Matter label on them. In fact, we're seeing new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Sidewalk, Apple, bluetooth, google assistant, Google Home, Home Assistant, homekit, Hubitat, Matter, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, Siri, smart home, Thread, Wi-Fi

Smart gate locks are still barred from the market

June 21, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel

On a recent Internet of Things podcast episode, we took a voicemail from Greg on our podcast hotline. Greg's property has a fence in the back so it's not close to the house.. He uses HomeKit today but is planning to add a Hubitat hub as well for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Sidewalk, gate, homekit, Hubitat, Level Lock, Quikset, smart home, smart locks, z-wave

IoT news of the week for May 26, 2023

May 26, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

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Sequans launches a 5G chip for cheaper industrial IoT devices: French cellular module maker Sequans has introduced the Taurus 5G NR, a 5G chip that's based on the modern Release 17 standard. The industrial IoT has been eager for release 17-capable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Abode Samsung, Amazon Sidewalk, Apple, EP32, Helium, Infinite Uptime, Innophase, Savant, sequans

CareBand bet on Amazon Sidewalk. How will it turn out?

April 25, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

I first met Adam Russek-Sobol, the CEO of CareBand, at the LoRaWAN World Expo in Paris last year. He was building a wearable device for people with dementia using LoRaWAN connectivity to track them in case they wandered off. When Amazon showed off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon Sidewalk, Careband, LoRaWAN

Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices

January 5, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

Kevin and I are at CES 2023 this week and eager for the show floor to open to see all of the new and crazy gear. But before we see the show floor, we had to slog through the planned news and media events, which we're talking about in this week's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: adt, AI, Amazon, Amazon Sidewalk, Arlo, CES 2023, Cync, Eve, Gimmy Chu, Google Nest, Govee, Home Assistant, Josh, Lutron, Masonite, Matter, Nanoleaf, Ring, samsung, Silicon Labs, Thread

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