Episode 429: Why Roku wants a smart home OS
This week we learned a bit more about streaming provider Roku’s plans to build a smart home operating system. This is in addition to all of the new smart home devices the company has developed using W...
29 Jun 20231h 1min
Episode 428: How to add ChatGPT to the smart home
This week’s podcast tackles Kevin’s real-world experience with the Google Pixel tablet and speaker dock. He liked the tablet, but as a smart home accessory it’s lacking, which is what we had originall...
22 Jun 202356min
Episode 427: What it takes to put LTE on the moon
We start this week’s show with a review of DeviceScript, a limited subset of the TypeScript programming language, built by Microsoft to bring a more modern programming option to connected device progr...
15 Jun 20231h 3min
Episode 426: Our take on Apple’s Vision Pro and fixes for bad air
It may not surprise anyone, but Kevin and I have thoughts on Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset that we’re sharing with y’all. We also lay out some details about changes to Apple’s various opera...
8 Jun 20231h 4min
Episode 425: Smarter grocery stores are coming
Krogers and Walmart are both expanding various IoT devices to more of their stores as part of a larger shift in how connectivity and intelligence will change how we shop. Walmart is deploying electron...
1 Jun 20231h
Episode 424: Trust, AI, and the economy drive IoT conversations
This week’s show is live from Dallas as I attend the Parks Associates Connections smart home event, so I start out discussing some of the themes I’ve seen so far, including the growing importance of d...
25 Mai 20231h 1min
Episode 423: Why Wemo is a no go for us
We start this week’s show with a conversation about Latch, the company that is acquiring Jamie Siminoff’s stealth startup. Siminoff, who also founded Ring, left Amazon (which had acquired Ring in 2018...
18 Mai 202359min
Episode 422: The Pixel tablet is a smart home let down
Google launched a new tablet and dock at the Google I/O event Wednesday, and Kevin and I share our thoughts on how it might fit in with a smart home. Will it replace your Nest Smart Displays? We also ...
11 Mai 202357min
