Quick show of hands: How many of you smart home owners actively use scenes in your house? This might surprise you but, my hand is not raised. Scenes are arguably one of the most useful features of a smart home for many people. These are customized … [Read more...]
Google Assistant on Sonos is mostly great, with just a few limitations
After a year-and-a-half of waiting, Sonos officially supports the Google Assistant. A Sonos software update is required and is in the process of rolling out now, first in the US, to be followed by the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, The … [Read more...]
Sorry, your hardware is all software now
This week, Google said it would kill its Works with Nest program, which allowed Nest devices to communicate their status and work with devices from other makers in the smart home ecosystem. In the future, all Nest devices will share data with the … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week, May 10 2019
Here's a roundup of this week in the Internet of Things. Get this summary in your inbox every Friday morning when you subscribe to our newsletter. On-device voice processing and Actions coming to Google Home: This week at Google I/O, the company … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 19, 2019
Alexa gets 2M ad-supported songs: The most commonly used smart speaker feature is listening to music, so it only makes sense that Amazon bring its Music service to Echo devices for free. And by free, I mean you won’t pay any fees but you will be … [Read more...]
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