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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

When will our smart homes have true occupancy sensors?

June 29, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 4 Comments

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Gregg left on our IoT Voicemail Hotline. Gregg uses Apple HomeKit and is looking for occupancy sensors, which he correctly says are not the same as motion sensors. Unfortunately, we’re right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: bluetooth, Ecobee, infrared, millimeter wave, occupancy, sensors, smart home, UWB, WiFi

Why messaging and texting over LoRa networks isn’t likely to happen

May 17, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

On our latest IoT Podcast episode, we take a question that Adam left on our IoT Voicemail hotline. Adam was thinking that the wireless spectrum used by Amazon Sidewalk and other decentralized LoRaWAN networks might be useful for communications. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Sidewalk, bluetooth, Helium, LoRa, LoRaWAN, mesh networking, unlicensed spectrum, WiFi

Why aren’t there any battery-powered Wi-Fi smart home switches?

March 22, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 16 Comments

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Keith called in with a unique question. He's using Wi-Fi devices exclusively in his smart home. That might sound like a good idea at first, but his specific question raises a potential problem. There really aren't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, Lutron, smart bulbs, smart home, smart lights, smart switches, WiFi, wireless switches, zigbee, ZWave

Back off rodents. I bought a connected mousetrap!

March 2, 2022 by Kevin C. Tofel 3 Comments

I've often complained to Stacey that we haven't seen many truly new connected devices in a while. So I recently did some digging to see what new products I might have overlooked. And I found one. The Victor Smart-Kill Electronic Mousetrap. One tap in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews Tagged With: connected devices, mousetrap, smart home, Thread, Victor, WiFi

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