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Wink hub got you down? Here are some smart home switching options.

July 13, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 11 Comments

Wink hubs lost connectivity and functionality since an outage began on July 1. As of today, July 13, it's still a problem according to the official Wink Status page. Indeed, until yesterday, there wasn't even a detailed status update from Wink. Now … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, Hubitat, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wink

WWDC 2022: Why Apple’s influence on Matter is a win for all smart homes

June 7, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 12 Comments

This might surprise you but I think the new Matter smart home standard is the best thing that's happened with Apple HomeKit yet. And just because I like sharing multiple surprises, you might not know how much HomeKit has influenced that standard. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple, Google Home, HomeBridge, homekit, Hubitat, Insteon, Matter, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, WWDC 2022

Insteon hubs use Telnet. Should you be concerned from a security perspective?

August 14, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called in to our podcast hotline with a security question. He's using an Insteon ISY99-4i Home Automation Controller along with Home Assistant to power his smart home. Since the Insteon controller uses Telnet for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: HomeBridge, Insteon, network security, smart home, Telnet

The inexpensive age of DIY smart home image detection is here if you’re up for it

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

I’ve said many times in the past that every home ought to have a Raspberry Pi computer. And that is even truer for every smart home. Aside from being relatively inexpensive, these sub-$50 computers can accept analog signals from sensors, are easy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: AI, DIY, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, image recognition, iot, machine learning, ML, MMQT, open source, person detection, raspberry pi, smart home, webcams

Where have all the smart home hubs gone?

February 3, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 17 Comments

This was going to be a post about the smart home options to buy after you ditch the Wink hub that has been down for the last few weeks, but it has since turned into a realization that there are no smart home hubs available on the market from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon, Ezlo, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, Hubitat, openhab, SmartThings, Wink, z-wave

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