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Why the once exciting smart home is now boring

August 24, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 10 Comments

During a long trail walk this weekend, my wife asked me, "What's new in the smart home these days?" I took at least 20 steps in silence before answering her, saying, "Not much, to be honest. It's kind of... boring." Oh, I know that Matter will soon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, bluetooth, connected cameras, Insteon, Matter, smart bulbs, smart home, smart speakers, ultra wideband, UWB, voice assistant, WiFi, X10

How to create automations in Home Assistant that supercharge your smart home

April 22, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 6 Comments

For the past several weeks, I’ve been continuing a journey to immerse myself with Home Assistant, the open-source software platform used as a DIY local smart home hub If you’ve missed the previous steps I’ve taken so far with my Home Assistant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Almond, automation, digital assistant, Home Assistant, local processing, raspberry pi, smart home, SSH, voice assistant, yaml

I’m all in with voice in my smart home to reduce coronavirus and other illness potential

March 4, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

For the record: I am not a germaphobe. However, with the current coronavirus epidemic, I have been paying close attention to the news and, probably like many of you, am also being a little more intentional about washing my hands more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: amazon alexa, Amazon Echo, digital assistant, Google Home, nest, Nest Hello, smart bulbs, smart home, smart lock, smart speakers, smart tvs, video doorbell, voice assistant, voice control

How to smartly monitor your pool water with a phone or voice assistant

November 4, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 2 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Steven called into the podcast hotline with a question about his pool. He’d like a device to monitor his pool’s temperature and then be able to ask a digital assistant what that temperature is. There is a range of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: alexa, google assistant, Phin, pool, Qubino, sensors, SmartThings, spa, voice assistant, water temperature, z-wave

Google Assistant updates unify the smart home and make it smarter

October 15, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

After showing off plans for ambient computing and on-device voice processing at Google I/O in May, Google began to deliver on those strategies. At its Made By Google event in New York City, the company announced updated devices for the smart home and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: google, google assistant, local processing, machine learning, Made By Google, mesh networking, ML, Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi, Pixel Buds, voice assistant

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