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Why I’m switching to Home Assistant

August 2, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel

After two-and-a-half years of primarily using HomeKit, now called Apple Home, I think it's time for a change in my smart home. Prior to settling on Apple's platform, I used Google Home for a while. And before that, I was a Samsung SmartThings user. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Apple Home, google, Google Home, Home Assistant, homekit, Hubitat, open source, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, smart home

The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan

July 18, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

The White House unveiled its plan for a U.S. Cyber Trust Mark that will certify that the IoT device marked with the label has met a set of security criteria developed to protect consumers' networks and device data. The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark will be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, best buy, CSA, cybersecurity, FCC, google, Matter, NIST, samsung, White House

Smart home labels: What works with what?

July 5, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel

It's hard to believe that the Matter standard launched eight months ago at this point. Yes, there are still growing pains for Matter. But at least we're starting to see smart home devices with the Matter label on them. In fact, we're seeing new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Sidewalk, Apple, bluetooth, google assistant, Google Home, Home Assistant, homekit, Hubitat, Matter, samsung, Samsung SmartThings, Siri, smart home, Thread, Wi-Fi

Podcast: Why Roku wants a smart home OS

June 29, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

This week we learned a bit more about streaming provider Roku's plans to build a smart home operating system. This is in addition to all of the new smart home devices the company has developed using Wyze hardware. Because Kevin Tofel is on vacation, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: AI, Akenza, Amazon, Blynk, Bond, Embedded Insurance, enterprise, Eve, ikea, Josh, lighting, Matter, Nanoleaf, Particle, Pepper, roku, samsung, simplisafe, smart home, SmartThings, standardsTagsAI, State Farm, TP-Link

Podcast: Trust, AI, and the economy drive IoT conversations

May 25, 2023 by Stacey Higginbotham

This week's show is live from Dallas as I attend the Parks Associates Connections smart home event, so I start out discussing some of the themes I've seen so far, including the growing importance of data privacy, local processing and generative AI. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: AI, Blues Wireless, Computex, GDPR, Govee, Matter, Microsoft, Nice, Parks Associates, Particle, samsung, Yale, Yeelight

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