Episode 373: Matter’s security details explained
Our focus is on the Matter smart home interoperability protocol this week, specifically some of the security requirements that will be associated with the standard. I moderated a panel on Tuesday wher...
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Episode 372: Ecobee embraces radar sensors!
Did y’all know that almost a quarter of people who buy a smart home device, hire a professional to install it? That’s just one of the facts I learned at the Parks Associates event happening this week ...
19 Touko 202259min
Episode 371: Smart screws and massive IoT
This week’s show was recorded a few hours before the annual Google I/O event so we didn’t discuss the new Pixel Watch, but we do discuss Google’s thoughts on the Matter smart home standard from an art...
12 Touko 20221h 1min
Episode 370: How to build the infrastructure for public tech
This week’s show kicks off with research suggesting Amazon uses data from Alexa devices to advertise its own products, and that Amazon is selling some of the insights derived from Alexa requests to th...
5 Touko 20221h 2min
Episode 369: Amazon’s $1B industrial IoT fund
We kick off the show this week with Insteon’s comments about its abrupt closure and asset sale before trying to salvage some good news from Arm’s latest chip news. We’re getting a new M-class processo...
28 Huhti 20221h
Episode 368: So long Insteon
This week we start the show with the end of Insteon, which is probably the biggest smart home story this week. We talked about what we know (which isn’t much) and why saving cloud-based smart home ser...
21 Huhti 202258min
Episode 367: What do you want in a home robot?
In this week’s show we question whether or not we want Amazon’s Astro home robot after seeing a few reviews. We then note that Google has introduced gaze as signal to wake up Google Assistant, which i...
14 Huhti 20221h 2min
Episode 366: Meet a robot that weeds your garden
This week’s podcast starts with an update on the state of Bluetooth adoption courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG. We discuss adoption of Bluetooth in the smart home, adoption of Bluetooth mesh and why Kevin...
7 Huhti 202255min
