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Amazon doesn’t need a phone. Alexa will be everywhere.

September 28, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 2 Comments

Amazon launched a profusion of sensor-filled speakers, cameras, and televisions as well as services from its Eero Wi-Fi business and Ring security business on Wednesday as it doubled down on its idea of ambient intelligence. Basically, Amazon is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Astro, Echo, Eero, Fire TV, Ring

Sharing a smart home with multiple digital assistants isn’t bad

December 13, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

We're finally approaching the end of 2021! I don't know about you, but perhaps the biggest change I made to my smart home this past year was transitioning to Apple HomeKit. When I started out on my digital assistant journey a few years back, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Advantech, Amazon, Apple, Echo, Ecobee, Eve, google, homekit, Logitech, Matter, nest, Samsung SmartThings

Why Apple pulled the plug on HomePod: High cost and lack of Thread support

March 17, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

In a move that surprised many, Apple last week quietly confirmed that it was pulling the plug on its HomePod speaker. The company will instead focus on its much less expensive HomePod mini product, although it will continue to support the $299 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Apple, Echo, google, google assistant, Siri, smart speakers, Thread

How to stream music from an Amazon Echo to other Bluetooth speakers

October 26, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, we listened to a message from Mark on our voicemail hotline. He has a few Harmon Kardon Invoke smart speakers that are unfortunately getting a little less smart. These speakers use Microsoft's Cortana digital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, bluetooth, cortana, digital assistants, Echo, Echo Dot, Harmon Kardon, Microsoft, smart speakers

A smarter Siri and UWB make Apple’s HomePod mini a more competitive smart speaker

October 13, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

At an online press event Tuesday, Apple introduced its new line of iPhones which will support faster 5G networks. That’s nice, but a more interesting device to me was the new HomePod mini for the smart home as well as improvements to Siri. Starting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, digital assistant, Echo, google assistant, homekit, HomePod, HomePod mini, nest, Siri, smart home, smart speakers

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