When Amazon said it would pay $1.7 billion to acquire iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum and other home robots, I was dismayed. Sure, I'm leery of bringing more Amazon products into my home, given the company's willingness to share private data … [Read more...]
Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home
Amazon is beefing up several elements of its Alexa ecosystem to generate revenue for developers, boost Routines and ensure that developers can build Alexa devices that are also compliant with Matter. Amazon is also adding some APIs for ambient … [Read more...]
Podcast: Peekaboo offers privacy for the smart home
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...]
IoT news of the week for April 8, 2022
The latest on the Sigfox sale: The French court met with bidders for Sigfox's business and assets on April 5, and apparently only four credible bidders turned up. They were Singapore-based UnaBiz, Actility, a French LoRaWAN provider; OTEIS France, … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet a robot that weeds your garden
This week's podcast starts with an update on the state of Bluetooth adoption courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG. We discuss adoption of Bluetooth in the smart home, adoption of Bluetooth mesh and why Kevin prefers NFC to Bluetooth for secure keys. From … [Read more...]