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SwitchBot Hub 2 and BlindTilt: Matter tested and approved

May 3, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

Although we’ve loved the smart home approach SwitchBot has taken, I’ve never actually used its products. The company makes some “mechanical” solutions with smarts, such as a connected light switch flipper and automated blinds that turn the old-style … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, IFTTT, Matter, smart blinds, smart home, SwitchBot

Eve Motion Blinds: Quiet, smart, relatively inexpensive and Thread compatible

February 16, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

For years I've wanted smart blinds in my home. I never pulled the trigger though, partially because different brands used different radio protocols and because of the cost. After testing out a demo of Eve Motion Blinds with Thread support, I might … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Eve, homekit, smart blinds, smart home, Thread

How to get Z-Wave smart blinds working with Alexa

April 1, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

This week's IoT Podcast Hotline call comes from Joe, who has Graber smart blind motors in his house. They work fine with his Wink hub but Joe can't get them to work with Alexa voice commands. There's a reason for that and even a native fix, although … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, Graber, How to, smart blinds, smart home, z-wave

Podcast: How the internet of things came to be

April 13, 2017 by andrew 1 Comment

Did you know that Cisco's John Chambers helped inspire the naming behind IoT? Learn that and more this week as I interview Kevin Ashton, the man who coined the term "Internet of Things". The author of How to Fly a Horse, joins me to talk about the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon Echo, how to fly a horse, internet of things, kevin ashton, smart blinds

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