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How to name your smart home devices in the age of Matter

February 27, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 7 Comments

Now that the official Matter rollout has come and gone, more and more new devices will start to support the multiplatform standard. So too will some older smart home products, with software upgrades. If you were a bit casual or cute with your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Eve, google, Matter, Philips Hue, TP-Link

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug with Matter: Simple and mostly smart

February 1, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 9 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: alexa, amazon alexa, Apple HomeKit, google assistant, Google Home, Matter, Samsung SmartThings, Siri, smart home, smart outlets, smart plugs, Tapo, Tapo P125M smart plug, TP-Link

Do Matter devices support smart energy management?

January 18, 2023 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

Eve Energy Plug

On a recent Internet of Things Podcast episode, we took a call from our Voicemail hotline segment with a question about energy monitoring and Matter. Billy currently uses smart plugs and outlets from Etekcity and TP-Link. As Billy preps for Matter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: energy monitoring, Etekcity, Eve Home, Matter, smart outlets, smart plugs, TP-Link

Podcast: Bluetooth bets on 6 GHz and TP-Link hops on Wi-Fi 7

November 17, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Amazon has started laying off workers, including some working on Alexa and in Amazon's devices business. We discuss this as well as IBM following in Google's footsteps and shutting down its IoT cloud business. We move from bad news to innovation with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Apple TV, ARM, Bluetooth SIG, EnOcean, Forrester, homekit, ibm, Matter, Meross, nest, Nexperia, Nowi, Schlage, Silicon Labs, TagsAmazon, TP-Link, Wyze

Podcast: Senator calls out video doorbells … again

June 16, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

This week's show kicks off with another look at Ring's potential to become a surveillance tool, this time prompted by a letter from Senator Ed Markey who wants Amazon to answer some questions. We then talk about a new capability for InfluxData's time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: 5G, Ecobee, InfluxData, Insteon, Nordic Semiconductor, Orro, Parks Associates, Ring, Siemens, Tesla, TP-Link, Wirepas

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