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IoT news of the week for Jan. 15, 2021

January 15, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Appliance makers are the telcos of the smart home: In a conversation with some of the startups showing off their wares at CES, I had a realization. Many of these entrepreneurs were in the middle of working with an appliance company to get their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon, bosch, CES 2021, fitbit, Google Nest, homekit, Philips Hue, Ring, Samsung SmartThings, smart home

CES 2021: Samsung brings vision, brains and robots to the smart home

January 11, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

At the digital Consumer Electronics Show 2021 on Monday, Samsung introduced its newest products for the smart home. Some come from the automotive industry while others come from a prior acquisition but all are intended to make “a better normal for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: AI, CES 2021, LIDAR, robot vacuum, robots, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, Whisk AI

It’s almost 2021: Do you want or need hubs in your smart home?

October 21, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Derrick called into our voicemail hotline asking what the purpose of hubs and if he should be considering products that work with smart home hubs. It’s a timely question because the market appears to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, bridge, gateway, Hubitat, hubs, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wi-Fi, Wink, z-wave, zigbee

It’s time for the DIY smart home 2020 challenge with Home Assistant

February 19, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 25 Comments

After living with the Samsung SmartThings Wi-Fi hub functionality for a few weeks, it’s time to move on. Well, sort of. I like how Samsung’s product is running my smart home currently, so I’m not abandoning it. Instead, I’ll be looking at a more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon Echo, bluetooth, DIY, ge, Google Home, Home Assistant, Hubitat, Philips Hue, raspberry pi, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, WiFi

Samsung SmartThings Wifi: Easy setup with intelligent, fast mesh networking

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

A few weeks back, I wrote about the decision to retire my Wink Hub. At the time I figured I'd just plug the Samsung SmartThings Link USB stick I previously bought into my Nvidia Shield TV, which turns that set-top box into a SmartThings Hub. But word … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Google WiFi, mesh networking, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, SmartThings, WiFi

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