This week's show kicks off with our favorite topic: bringing context into the smart home. This time it's iRobot and its new operating system that aims to bring the smart home together. From there we discuss a merger between satellite IoT companies … [Read more...]
Podcast: Matter’s security details explained
Our focus is on the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, specifically some of the security requirements that will be associated with the standard. I moderated a panel on Tuesday where we learned a lot about plans for security, … [Read more...]
Podcast: Ecobee embraces radar sensors!
Did y'all know that almost a quarter of people who buy a smart home device, hire a professional to install it? That's just one of the facts I learned at the Parks Associates event happening this week in Dallas. We talk about that before focusing on … [Read more...]
Podcast: Smart screws and massive IoT
This week's show was recorded a few hours before the annual Google I/O event so we didn't discuss the new Pixel Watch, but we do discuss Google's thoughts on the Matter smart home standard from an article in The Verge, which Kevin also tied to a … [Read more...]
Podcast: How to build the infrastructure for public tech
This week's show kicks off with research suggesting Amazon uses data from Alexa devices to advertise its own products, and that Amazon is selling some of the insights derived from Alexa requests to third parties. This is disturbing, but so is John … [Read more...]