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...]
Maybe we should be talking to our connected devices instead of our smart homes
Last week, I read reports of Sonos creating its own voice assistant for the company's audio speaker products. My first reaction? "That's just stupid," I thought. What's the benefit of doing that when there are already several capable digital … [Read more...]
Discussing the business of smart things with Nanoleaf’s CEO
This year feels like a fraught one for the smart home. On one hand, there's the promise of the Matter protocol arriving to help solve persistent interoperability challenges. On the other hand, we're seeing a wave of companies shut their doors as they … [Read more...]
The end of Insteon and why the smart home keeps faltering
Smart home company Insteon has shut off its servers, lost its management team, and on Thursday sent an email to customers explaining how it plans to sell any remaining assets to help pay off creditors as part of a formal dissolution of the business. … [Read more...]
The smart home doesn’t need a robot — it should be a robot
Thanks to the Amazon Astro reviews hitting the press, a recent conversation with a co-founder of iRobot, and fundings for startups building construction and medical robots, I've been thinking a lot about why we are so obsessed with robots in the … [Read more...]
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