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Why I’m switching to Home Assistant

August 2, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 32 Comments

After two-and-a-half years of primarily using HomeKit, now called Apple Home, I think it's time for a change in my smart home. Prior to settling on Apple's platform, I used Google Home for a while. And before that, I was a Samsung SmartThings user. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Apple Home, google, Google Home, Home Assistant, homekit, Hubitat, open source, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, smart home

Podcast: Tracking air quality with the IoT

July 27, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

This week we didn't see a ton of news, yet we managed to talk about several big trends in IoT. We started with an update on Amazon's planned acquisition of iRobot, and Amazon dropping the price by 15%. We explain why and then decided to explain in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon, google, irobot, LoRa, PurpleAir, Semtech, Sigfox, Silicon Labs, Skyhawk, Unabiz, Wilderness Labs

Why Eero is going after the rental property market with Wi-Fi

July 25, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

As a homeowner, I take my 1 Gbps internet service for granted. I love having a fast connection, particularly because have so many connected devices. But I've gotten so used to it that I don't have the perspective of others who might live in an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, apartments, Eero, rental properties, routers, smart home, Wi-Fi

The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan

July 18, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

The White House unveiled its plan for a U.S. Cyber Trust Mark that will certify that the IoT device marked with the label has met a set of security criteria developed to protect consumers' networks and device data. The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark will be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, best buy, CSA, cybersecurity, FCC, google, Matter, NIST, samsung, White House

Plan for death at the start of building your connected device

July 17, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week brings us the tale of yet another connected device that may become a useless chunk of scrap because its maker is going out of business. In this case, the affected product is the VanMoof e-bike, which cost buyers $5,000 and requires a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, google, Halo, Revolv, VanMoof

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