Some of us have a closet full of connected devices that at one time represented the cutting edge of smart home tech — devices like the Revolv hub, the Lighthouse camera, the Jibo robot, the Petnet feeder, and the original Sonos speakers. And while … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 7, 2020
Which costs count when it comes to connected hardware? Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has accused Amazon of predatory pricing for selling Alexa devices at a loss. Amazon has admitted to subsidizing the costs of its devices when they go on sale, but … [Read more...]
How to stop selling a product and start selling a service
The consumer IoT is having a real "A Tale of Two Cities" moment right now. It’s the best of times, as sales of connected devices are growing and standards efforts are set to make things less complicated. But it’s also the worst of times. No one is … [Read more...]
Podcast: Nanoleaf Canvas review and a talk with Tuya
We kick off this week’s podcast with Kevin’s struggles to get his Google Home to talk to Wink. Then we unpack some of the standards news out from the ZigBee Alliance and the Open Connectivity Foundation, which is introducing OCF-over-Thread. From … [Read more...]
Everything we care about from the Alexa event
Amazon hosted its annual device and services event on Wednesday with almost a dozen new devices, several new services and some new infrastructure for the smart home worth discussing. If last year's theme was making the smart home easier to set up and … [Read more...]
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