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Apple HomePod mini review: A good option for iOS and HomeKit smart homes

December 3, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

HomePod mini

Until recently, if you wanted Siri in a smart speaker, you had to pay several hundreds of dollars to choose from one and only one option: Apple’s HomePod. Last month, the $99 Apple HomePod mini became available, providing a second, less-expensive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Amazon Echo, Apple, Apple HomeKit, digital assistant, HomePod, HomePod mini, iOS, Nest Audio, Siri, smart home, smart speakers

Podcast: Project CHIP goes commercial and the Eero Pro review

November 19, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's podcast kicks off with the news that Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) will also have a commercial element focused on offices, apartments, and public buildings.  Then we focus on edge computing with a new way to bring machine learning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Airthings, Apple, ARM, Calix, Eero, google, HomePod, Katia Obraczka, Project CHIP, Teracode, Very, Wyze

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

Why I’m not sold on the Amazon-led Voice Interoperability Initiative

October 2, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Last week, Amazon made a big splash in the digital assistant space introducting its Voice Interoperability Initiative. The effort is backed by more than 30 companies and aims to build "voice services that can work seamlessly with others, while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Echo, Apple, Bixby, google, google assistant, Google Home, HomePod, samsung, sonos, voice assistant

Podcast: How IoT will change your sales job

September 12, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show kicks off with the whimper after Apple failed to give us any exciting IoT news. We discuss the scraps Apple gave us, but move to Google's new Nest Hub Max and the future of local wake word recognition thanks to a new chip. We also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Afero, alexa, Amazon, Apple, best buy, Centralite, ECBM, google, HomePod, Sasmsara, SimpleCommands, Syntiant, Trend Micro

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