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Why the future of hardware may come via subscription

March 1, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

I write a lot about how connected hardware ends up looking a lot more like software. For example, the companies making smart devices can turn them off with a software update. Or they can use those same over-the-air updates to add new features. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Fi, Peloton, spotify, Whoop

Podcast: Wyze comes back from the edge

September 16, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

I need to warn y'all in advance that we don't discuss Apple news at all this week because nothing really jumped out at us for the IoT. But we did have a lot of other big news starting with Wyze raising $100 million and sharing the precariousness of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: google, homekit, Infineon, Jered Dean, JFrog, Luci, Matter, Silicon Labs, TagsAlif Semiconductor, Tuya, Upswift, Very, Whoop, Works With, Wyze

Why does the data from different health and exercise trackers vary so much?

December 1, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Vipul called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about fitness trackers. He has a few wearables and observes that there’s a wide variance between their results for steps taken and calories burned. He also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Halo, Apple Watch, calories, Fitibit, Garmin, Google Fit, health tracking, heart rate, wearables, Whoop

Smart gifts that are close to home

November 30, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

Each year we pull together a gift guide full of connected gadgets that we've tried — and loved — over the previous 11 months. Given that in 2020 we've spent most of our time at home, we've focused this year's guide on gifts that will help us maintain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Amazon Halo, Arduino, B-Hyve, Chef IQ, Embr, Mi, Soltech, Whoop

Are you hardcore enough for the Whoop fitness tracker?

November 18, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

After a $100 million fundraising event last month, you can expect to hear a lot more about the Whoop fitness band in your feeds and the media. The device is unlike most fitness bands in the market and is probably best thought of as a connected coach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: Apple Watch, fitbit, fitness tracking, Garmin, health data, sensors, wearables, Whoop

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