Episode 421: Amazon adds Thread and beefs up Alexa
Amazon has turned on the Thread-capabilities inside its Echo devices so they can support the Matter smart home interoperability standard in its totality, so Kevin and I talk about what that will and w...
4 Maj 202354min
Episode 420: First impressions of the new Aqara mmWave sensor
This week we start the show with my first impressions of the Aqara FP2 mmWave sensor. This $83 sensor can detect multiple people in a room, light settings, and falls. It’s also one of the first presen...
27 Apr 202350min
Episode 419: Little sensors save big amounts of water
This week’s show has lots of updates and small updates. We start off with a story about a golf course near San Diego that has saved millions of gallons of water using connected soil sensors. And then ...
20 Apr 20231h 2min
Episode 418: Why is the smart home still so terrible?
This week’s show is full of both good news and bad news, starting with Google apparently dropping software update support for third-party smart displays. We question Google’s commitment to the smart h...
13 Apr 20231h 9min
Episode 417: We need a standard for aging in place
This week’s podcast is focused on IoT infrastructure, with our first conversation explaining the upcoming 6G cellular connectivity standard. After that, we discuss sales of IoT connectivity chips and ...
6 Apr 20231h 1min
Episode 416: What the heck is an IoT hyperscaler?
With this week’s show I feel like we’re singing the same old tune. Philips Hue maker Signify is delaying its implementation of Matter while it waits for others to implement features it needs. Meanwhil...
30 Mars 20231h
Episode 415: Making meaning from Matter product delays
This week’s show starts off with our take on Belkin deciding to hold off on releasing Matter products, and an update on Matter plans from other vendors including Wyze and Yale. We also talk about Nano...
23 Mars 202352min
Episode 414: How generative AI could help the IoT
We kick off this week’s show with a focus on generative AI and what new models such as GPT-4 and even things like Stable Diffusion could mean for the internet of things. Along the way we disagree with...
16 Mars 20231h 9min
