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DIY smart home hubs are going retail: Here’s why that’s a good thing

December 16, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

For years, there have been two kinds of hubs that run smart homes. One is the kind you buy from a retailer, such as the Amazon Echo Plus, Hubitat, Samsung SmartThings, or Wink hubs. And one is the DIY kind where you download and install software to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, DIY, google, Home Assistant, Home Assistant Blue, HomeBridge, hubs, open source, raspberry pi, samsung, smart home

Podcast: All about Amazon’s Sidewalk and the new Echo

October 22, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week we start and end with dying devices. First up, we talk about Google discontinuing its Nest Secure alarm system and sensors (it will still support existing systems in the field). We then talk about Nanoleaf's new products including lights … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Acer, Amazon, Amazon Echo, amazon echo dot, Amazon Sidewalk, ARM, google, Microsoft, Nanoleaf, nest, Philips Hue, raspberry pi, Ring, Silicon Labs, Very

IoT news of the week for August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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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...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, google, Hue, June, Owlcam, raspberry pi, samsung, sonos

How the COVID-19 pandemic is spurring IoT growth while the world’s business slows

May 6, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

As the countries around the world use social distancing or shelter-in-place strategies to mitigate the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s clear that businesses are hurting. Online retailers and a few others are the exceptions given the current situation, but by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: COVID-19, intel, iot, medical devices, raspberry pi, smart home

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

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