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CES 2021: A deep breath for the smart home to determine its future

January 13, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

Although the Consumer Electronics Show 2021 event is technically only half over, most of the big news typically lands in the first half of the week. So barring any groundbreaking announcements in the latter half, I think we can call this one early. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: CES 2021, CHIP, digital assistants, Hex, home security, hubs, samsung, smart home, smart speakers, TP-Link, Wi-Fi, wireless imaging

Podcast: Get excited for our annual Q&A episode

December 24, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 3 Comments

It's time for the end-of-year question and answer episode where Kevin and I tinker, search Google, and ask companies for help answering your questions about the smart home. We start with a broad category of questions related to your needs outside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Aeotec, Amazon, Arlo, LIFX, Philips, Sengled, SmartThings, Wi-Fi, Wyze, z-wave

Is it time to pull the plug on old Z-Wave light switches?

November 25, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

On our most recent episode of the IoT Podcast, Gareth called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about his older Z-Wave switches. He’s using a Vera hub with about 30 devices and some of his switches are failing. Gareth also uses Google Home … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, Project CHIP, smart home, smart switches, Vera, Wi-Fi, z-wave, zigbee

Podcast: Amazon’s Halo and the election and IoT

November 5, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

We kicked off the post-Election Day show with an update on ballot initiatives in Massachusetts, Maine, and California that have an impact on the internet of things. After that, we discussed Google's ability to predict HVAC problems and the promise of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Amazon Halo, Byte Dance, Election 2020, Google Nest, Milo, Qualcomm, Silicon Labs, Teracode, Very, Wi-Fi

How to make a decorative bulb smart: The easy and slightly less easy way

October 31, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, a caller left us a message on the voicemail hotline with a unique question: He has decorative bulbs that he’d like to control without installing a smart switch. It turns out that this is relatively easy, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: C by GE, lighting, smart home, smart sockets, smart switches, Wi-Fi

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