This week's episode kicks off what I hope is a flurry of news from vendors about their Matter plans. We hear when and how vendors such as Amazon, Eve, Nanoleaf, and Schneider Electric plan to roll out Matter to new and old devices. We also call out … [Read more...]
Podcast: Speed queens and Matter dreams
A week after the CSA said that the Matter smart home interoperability standard would be delayed we get a chance to talk about why the standard is delayed until fall, and what it means for consumers and smart home device makers. We then share Omdia … [Read more...]
Podcast: As Alexa goes, so does the smart home?
We're back after a one-week break in the Internet of Things Podcast, and we didn't miss too much. The biggest stories of this show are the slow collapse of CES 2022 and a Bloomberg article that uses internal Amazon documents to show how Alexa growth … [Read more...]
IoT news for the week ending Nov. 5, 2021
It's time for IoT platform vendors to shine! Enterprise IoT is moving out of its custom-built phase, and now customers are fine with off-the-shelf solutions with connectivity built in, according to a survey released last week from Oracle. Oracle … [Read more...]
Level raises $100M and acquires a smart apartment company
Level Home, the maker of a slick smart lock, has raised an additional $100 million in a Series C round of funding, as well as completing an all-stock deal to buy multi-family residential software company Dwelo. The two moves are part of a master plan … [Read more...]