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Podcast: Two big smart home deals explained

December 8, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The end of the year is a busy time for M&A as companies rush to get deals done before the start of a new tax year, and this week the smart home sector saw Assa Abloy sell its Yale and August smart lock and some other brands to Fortune Brands for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: alexa, ARM, Assa Abloy, August, Fortune Brands, ge, google, Kwiskset, Matter, NRG Energy, Phlux, Reach, samsung, Silicon Labs, Swarm, vivint

Smart stuff that should be on your 2022 holiday gift list

November 28, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Last year, I recommended the then-new Nanoleaf Lines, and I’m building on that recommendation in 2022. While I love the Lines as they are, Nanoleaf now has a way to make patterns over the standard 60- and 120-degree Lines connectors. For $99.99, you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Assa Abloy, Eero, Eve, Fi, Grid Connect, Meater, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, Shortcut Labs, Swarm, Yale

When your favorite devices will get Matter

November 4, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

Welp, 2023 will be the year of Matter updates. Although there are already 190 devices that have (apparently) been certified so far, only a handful of them are available today. With only a few weeks left in 2022, and the initial release of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, Assa Abloy, Eve, google, Level Locks, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue, Schneider Electric, SmartThings, Whirlpool

Can you add a secondary Z-Wave controller for a connected door lock?

October 18, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Nest x Yale lock

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a question from Dave on our Voicemail hotline. Dave's landlord uses a SmartRent mobile app and Aeotec hub that connects to a smart Yale Assure door lock with Z-Wave. Dave wants to add a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Aeotec, Assa Abloy, smart home, smart locks, SmartRent, Yale, ZWave

How to get Matter on your devices

October 11, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 7 Comments

This article was originally published in my Oct. 7, 2022 newsletter.  The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) released version 1 of the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, and I and millions (maybe just tens of thousands) of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Assa Abloy, comcast, Eve, google, Matter, Nanoleaf, Signify, SmartThings

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