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Thermostats
Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and...
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
Home Security
Use Home Automation to Check On Your Kids
Besides making life easier and more secure at home, smart automation and security devices can also be used to help keep tabs on your...
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Ears-on with the Sonos Move Bluetooth speaker: Portable Sonos sound with Alexa and Google...
It sure took long enough, but the audio gurus at Sonos have finally jumped into the portable Bluetooth speaker arena, and from what we’ve...
Zigbee to MQTT gateway for less than $10
It’s been a few months since my post about Hubitat, and I have not been too happy with it. The MQTT bridge works, but...
How Josh.ai is Better Than Alexa
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri. These are by far the most popular home assistants out there, with tons of amazing features and a...
Foxconn Wants More Visibility in the Connected Home
Many of us know Belkin for its many home electronic devices (with brands such Belkin, Linksys, Wemo, Phyn) but many of us might not...
Voice Assistants
Walmart adds Google Assistant voice shopping to take on Amazon and Alexa
Walmart’s ongoing war of attrition with Amazon is continuing. The retail store is adding voice-controlled shopping to Google Assistant as part of...
Nest to join forces with Google’s hardware team.
Smart homes are no longer just a thing of the future. They make families feel safer with connected security systems. They help you save...
How to get Z-Wave smart blinds working with Alexa
This week’s IoT Podcast Hotline call comes from Joe, who has Graber smart blind motors in his house. They work fine with his Wink...
Windows 10 closes in on Microsoft’s 1 billion device goal
Windows 10 is now running on 800 million devices worldwide, Microsoft has announced. The figure includes not only traditional laptop and desktop...
Best Practices for Building Alexa Smart Home Camera Skills
Low latency is a key contributor to customer satisfaction with smart home camera skills. Customers who connect their smart home cameras and doorbells to Alexa...
Smart Devices
Why We Can’t Recommend Wink Hubs Anymore
Wink
We love Wink’s smarthome hub and have recommended it highly in the past. But the Wink Hub has been “temporarily unavailable” in stores for...