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Podcast: Ring wins big with Lennar

February 4, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

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This week's show kicks off with news from Lennar about its new smart home offering with Ring, and a discussion on what it means that Ring now has more than 2,000 police and fire departments as partners. After that, we discuss what we learned from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Podcast Tagged With: Abode, Apple, Flo, google, lennar, Level Lock, Resideo, Ring, Techmeme, Teracode, Tesla, Wink

Where have all the smart home hubs gone?

February 3, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 14 Comments

This was going to be a post about the smart home options to buy after you ditch the Wink hub that has been down for the last few weeks, but it has since turned into a realization that there are no smart home hubs available on the market from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon, Ezlo, Home Assistant, HomeBridge, Hubitat, openhab, SmartThings, Wink, z-wave

It’s almost 2021: Do you want or need hubs in your smart home?

October 21, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Derrick called into our voicemail hotline asking what the purpose of hubs and if he should be considering products that work with smart home hubs. It’s a timely question because the market appears to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: bluetooth, bridge, gateway, Hubitat, hubs, Samsung SmartThings, smart home, Wi-Fi, Wink, z-wave, zigbee

Everything you need to know about IFTTT’s new paid service

September 9, 2020 by Stacey Higginbotham 20 Comments

IFTTT, which lets users link connected devices and web services to other connected devices and web services, has launched a paid subscription after offering a free service to consumers for the last ten years. The new service, called IFTTT Pro, will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, google, IFTTT, nest, Wink

Who really controls your smart home? It might not be you.

August 12, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

If I were to ask if you were in total control of your smarthome, you’d probably say yes. It doesn’t matter if you use Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or a smart home hub; your answer wouldn’t change. “Yes, I am the master of my smart … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, cloud services, digital assistants, google, hubs, local processing, samsung, smart home, smart speakers, SmartThings, Wink

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