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What’s the impact of Matter on smart home cloud services?

March 9, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

On a recent Internet of Things podcast episode, we took a voicemail question on our hotline. He correctly notes that Samsung has shut down its SmartThings Cloud service, requiring device makers to use alternative services, such as AWS or Azure. That … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: APIs, cloud services, Matter, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Thread, WiFi

How upset should you really be about Insteon’s subscription plans?

August 2, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 5 Comments

On our recent IoT Podcast, we mixed things up a bit and didn't take a question from our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Instead, we answered a question that we received by email and Twitter from a number of smart home owners. It seems that people want to know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: cloud services, Insteon, smart home, subscriptions

What local alternatives are there to cloud-based Nest Cams?

September 18, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Paul called in with a question about his smart home. He currently uses indoor Nest Cams pointing outside, along with Ubiquiti UniFi routers and they work fine, as expected. However, he's thinking about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Camect, cloud services, local storage, Nest Cam, RTSP, smart home, smart home video, Synology, Ubiquity, UniFi, webcams

Who really controls your smart home? It might not be you.

August 12, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

If I were to ask if you were in total control of your smarthome, you’d probably say yes. It doesn’t matter if you use Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or a smart home hub; your answer wouldn’t change. “Yes, I am the master of my smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, cloud services, digital assistants, google, hubs, local processing, samsung, smart home, smart speakers, SmartThings, Wink

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