With SmartRent going public last month, the acquisition last year of Stratis by RealPages, and an increased focus on implementing smart home features across a portfolio of rental units, multifamily IoT is having a moment. That is why I was intrigued … [Read more...]
How to handle the end of 3G networks for your IoT devices
AT&T will shut down its 3G network in February 2022, and Verizon plans to shut its 3G network down at the end of this year. This won't come as a surprise to the businesses that have built cellular 3G into their connected products, but it's still … [Read more...]
Smart apartments aren’t about your smart lighting demands
As a consumer, it's easy to view the launch of connected home devices and want the same functionality in my apartment. But for the owners of an apartment building, spending on connected tech is less easy to justify. In the wake of a large funding … [Read more...]
Podcast: Mozilla’s IoT Gateway and LoRa Roaming
There was a lot of smart home related news this week as Mozilla launched IoT gateway software, Apple’s HomePod reviews came out and Nest was folded into Google. Kevin and I discuss all of that, plus Netgear spinning out its Arlo home camera business, … [Read more...]
This week’s podcast: IoT’s nuclear winter
The Apple HomePod goes on sale this week and Kevin is getting one for the show. We’re not sure if you should yet. We discuss that, and our respective Google Home experiments. We also cover Ring raising money at a big valuation, layoffs in consumer … [Read more...]