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SmartThings embraces the edge and DIYers

August 19, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 6 Comments

A little more than a year after announcing major changes to the platform, SmartThings has rolled out what it calls SmartThings Edge, turning the smart home automation platform into something DIYers should love. The platform gives priority to local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Home Assistant, local processing, Lua, samsung, smart home, SmartThings

WWDC 2021: What Apple’s HomeKit strategy means for the smart home

June 8, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 5 Comments

Like many others, I watched Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote on Monday. Unlike most of those viewers though, I was impatient for any HomeKit news. It was worth the wait until late in the keynote to hear about HomeKit because Apple is pushing forward with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, Apple HomeKit, Apple TV, Apple Watch, homekit, HomePod mini, iOS, ipad, iphone, local processing, Matter, Siri, smart home

Who really controls your smart home? It might not be you.

August 12, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

If I were to ask if you were in total control of your smarthome, you’d probably say yes. It doesn’t matter if you use Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or a smart home hub; your answer wouldn’t change. “Yes, I am the master of my smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, cloud services, digital assistants, google, hubs, local processing, samsung, smart home, smart speakers, SmartThings, Wink

How to create automations in Home Assistant that supercharge your smart home

April 22, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

For the past several weeks, I’ve been continuing a journey to immerse myself with Home Assistant, the open-source software platform used as a DIY local smart home hub If you’ve missed the previous steps I’ve taken so far with my Home Assistant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Almond, automation, digital assistant, Home Assistant, local processing, raspberry pi, smart home, SSH, voice assistant, yaml

Google Assistant updates unify the smart home and make it smarter

October 15, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

After showing off plans for ambient computing and on-device voice processing at Google I/O in May, Google began to deliver on those strategies. At its Made By Google event in New York City, the company announced updated devices for the smart home and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: google, google assistant, local processing, machine learning, Made By Google, mesh networking, ML, Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi, Pixel Buds, voice assistant

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