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Can incoming phone calls trigger routines in your smart home?

January 28, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a call from our Voicemail hotline segment with a question about smart home routines triggered from an incoming phone call. Mike doesn't keep his phone in the bedroom when he sleeps at night and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, Amazon Echo, Apple, Apple HomeKit, automations, HomePod, IFTTT, routines, smart home

How to turn Wyze devices on or off automatically at sunrise or sunset

July 26, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Dean called in to our IoT voicemail hotline with a question about Wyze bulbs. Specifically, Dean wants to have his Wyze bulbs and outlets automatically turn on at sunset. That sounds easy, right? But there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: amazon alexa, automations, Google Home, IFTTT, routines, rules, smart bulbs, smart home, smart outlets, Wyze

The new “Works with Google” program takes a page from Apple

July 8, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

This week in three separate but identical events to accommodate different time-zones, Google is hosting its “Works With "Hey Google" Smart Home Summit”. I watched the first event for the APAC region and although it was brief, Google packed a dense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: google, google assistant, Google Home, Hey Google, nest, presence, routines, smart home, Works with Google, Works with Nest

IoT sensors, machine learning and chips were the real stars of Apple’s WWDC 2020

June 23, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

While watching the virtual Apple WorldWide Developer Conference on Monday, I imagined that if people were actually at the event, they’d be oohing and aahing over new software for iOS and Mac devices. I wasn’t. Well not quite. Instead, I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: accelerometer, AirPods Pro, algorithms, Apple, Apple Health, Apple Watch, AppleTV, automations, CarKey, gyroscope, homekit, iOS, machine learning, routines, sensors, smart home, WWDC 2020

My 4 favorite home automations and voice commands

June 19, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

Last week, I surprised many readers when I noted why automated scenes don’t get any love in my home. And I was surprised that between comments on the blog and on social media were split fairly evenly: About half of them were in the same boat as me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, amazon alexa, automation, digital assistant, June Oven, Nest Hello, routines, smart home, timers

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