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How to automatically turn lights on at sunset with Google Home

July 11, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Dean called in to the IoT voicemail hotline asking how to use Google Home for automatically turning on his Philips Hue and Wemo lights at sunset. Sunset and sunrise automations can be very useful, so I can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Echo, automations, google assistant, Google Home, homekit, IFTTT, SmartThings, Weather Underground, Wink

IoT sensors, machine learning and chips were the real stars of Apple’s WWDC 2020

June 23, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel

While watching the virtual Apple WorldWide Developer Conference on Monday, I imagined that if people were actually at the event, they’d be oohing and aahing over new software for iOS and Mac devices. I wasn’t. Well not quite. Instead, I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: accelerometer, AirPods Pro, algorithms, Apple, Apple Health, Apple Watch, AppleTV, automations, CarKey, gyroscope, homekit, iOS, machine learning, routines, sensors, smart home, WWDC 2020

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

July 3, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel

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

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