On a recent Internet of Things Podcast, we took a voicemail from Keith about his smart home router. He's been adding and removing hubs, switches, bulbs and security devices from his wireless networks over the years. Keith wants to know if he should … [Read more...]
TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug with Matter: Simple and mostly smart
After updating an older smart plug to support Matter in November, I tested my first Matter-certified outlet. The $19.99 TP-Link Tapo P125M supports Matter right out of the box. As a result, the setup process was essentially... boring. That's … [Read more...]
Podcast: I’m running Matter. Now what?
We kick off the podcast with more conversation about the planned White House-led cybersecurity label for consumer IoT devices. Contrary to what I wrote last week, it seems that privacy won't be as big of a focus, which is disappointing. Then we move … [Read more...]
How to give guests control of smart devices in a vacation home
On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a question from our Voicemail hotline from Alan about the connected devices in his vacation home. Alan has Apple HomeKit devices, as well as Samsung SmartThings, in a rental property he owns and … [Read more...]
Wink hub got you down? Here are some smart home switching options.
Wink hubs lost connectivity and functionality since an outage began on July 1. As of today, July 13, it's still a problem according to the official Wink Status page. Indeed, until yesterday, there wasn't even a detailed status update from Wink. Now … [Read more...]
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