Home: On – a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

It’s been a while since we’ve been joined by ConnectSense CEO Adam Justice, and it’s been a while since we’ve just had a heavy news show. Adam joins us to run through some recent industry news stories, and Adam and Richard both have some updates on what’s been happening in their respective smart homes—even since just discussing their own projects in-depth on The Smart Home Show.

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• SmartThings Announces Sunset Dates for Classic Apps, Services
• Google invests in ADT, will integrate its Nest devices into smart home business
• The Best Smart Window Shades
• SYLVANIA WiFi Bulbs Quietly Appear on Amazon
• Belkin’s HomeKit-Compatible Wemo WiFi Smart Plug Now Available for Purchase
• Abode adds Bose Smart Home Integration
• Abode Launch New UK DIY Smart Security System
• Microsoft is shutting down Cortana on multiple devices, including iOS and Android
• ORRO
• The Smart Home Show Episode 188 – What’s New in Richard’s Smart Home
• The Smart Home Show Episode 189 – What’s New in Adam’s Smart Home

• Follow Adam on Twitter @adamjustice
• Find out more about ConnectSense

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Chris Young, a.k.a. Homekitgeek, joins me to catch up on some smart home news from the past few weeks. We ponder the rash of products and services going away and Wink’s now-started subscription service, among other things. But the real meat of the conversation focuses around Apple’s and Google’s latest smart home announcements at their respective…and very different…virtual events.

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• Google Assistant drops support for Philips Hue first-gen bridge on June 22nd
• Smart driving assistant Automatic is shutting down
• Guardzilla shuts down without telling security camera owners
• Osram says it’s turning off cloud servers for Lightify smart bulbs next August
• Logitech is already giving up on its Alexa-powered Harmony remote control
• Vocolinc PurFlow Air Purifier with Apple HomeKit Support
• SmartThings to Retire Legacy Platforms
• The IoT Podcast #274: Apple embraces IoT and SmartThings shakes things up
• Hubitat Elevation
• Philips Hue announces new products
• Wink offers limited functionality for non-subscribers
• Whats new in HomeKit in iOS 14 from WWDC 2020
• “Hey Google” Virtual Event
• Project CHIP on GitHub
• TTToday with Linden Tibbets

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• homekitgeek.com

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Sonos and Lutron deliver new hardware, Ecobee forces customers to enable its new Eco+ feature, and lots of companies deliver the products they showed at CES. Plus we talk with ConnectedYard founder Justin Miller about pHin, a connected pool monitoring system.

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• Wink Plays Extortion Chicken with Its Customers
• New Sonos “S2” app is now available
• Lutron sneaks and finally announces new wood blinds products
• Ecobee adds eco+ energy savings, forces customers to enable it
• Ring’s new smart lighting products now available
• U by Moen smart faucets now available
• Learn more about pHin
• Follow pHin on Twitter and Instagram

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Adam Miarka

Jimmy Hawkins

Dave McCabe

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Josh Pollard

We have a terrific lineup of guests for this long-overdue episode, and we’re talking with each of them about projects they’ve been taking on while hunkering down this Spring for COVID. For some, it’s Spring cleaning time—for others, it’s an opportunity to test out some new products! What have you been getting into during this time at home? Send us a message or leave a comment, below. We’d love to know!

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• Read Jimmy Hawkin’s contributions at The Digital Media Zone
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• Check out Dave McCabe’s RESET podcast
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• Read Jennifer Pattison Tuohy’s writings on Dwell, The Ambient, Wirecutter, and more
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• See Josh Pollard’s posts at The Digital Media Zone
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Device manufacturers begin to roll out updates to enable HomeKit Secure Video and HomeKit router support, Level is shipping its stealthy smart lock, and Insteon’s long-awaited app update is now in public beta. Plus we’re joined on this episode by Samsung SmartThings product manager, Blake Arnold, discussing some of the latest platform updates and the company’s renewed push to move customers to the new SmartThings experience.

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• Netatmo Smart Indoor Camera officially adds support for HomeKit Secure Video with iCloud recordings
• Amazon’s Eero routers get updated with Apple’s HomeKit support
• Eve Water Guard Review
• Level Lock ships pre-orders
• HomeCam 2 Brings Auto Cycling of Camera Feeds, Improved Data Layers, and More
• Wyze details future products: Band, Scale, outdoor and doorbell cameras
• Insteon Mobile Beta Publicly Released
• SmartThings Resumes Push to “New” App
• The Internet of Things Podcast episode 248: Should I put my IoT devices on a guest network?

• Find out more about SmartThings
• Get SmartThings updates from SmartThings Beat

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Some products we saw at CES are starting to hit the market while both Nest and Ring announce they’ll be requiring customers to use two-factor authentication. And Olibra’s founder and CEO, Zohar Shinar, joins us to discuss his company’s ingenious product, designed to solve a common problem in millions of households.

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• Philips smart bulbs could compromise your Wi-Fi network
• Starling Home Hub is a turn-key solution to add Nest products to HomeKit
• Lutron Caséta Motion Sensor is now available
• Gen3 Sengled Hub (bridge) with HomeKit is now available
• Google will force Nest owners to use two-factor authentication this spring
• Ring enables mandatory two-factor authentication and new privacy controls
• Arlo Offers $50 Credit on Trade-Ins of Old Video Doorbells

• Find out more about Bond
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We’re finally over our CES hangover, so it’s high time to wrap up our CES thoughts and put a bow on ’em. The DMZ’s Josh Pollard joins us to review the smart home products we took most interest in at CES 2020, including some vendor interviews and our favorite picks.

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• GE Announces New Smart Lighting Controls in Advance of CES
• Ring Extends Smart Lighting Line with Solar Products and Bulbs
• Lutron Finally Adds Motion Sensor and Extender to Caséta Line
• Sengled’s smart bulbs sync up with Apple HomeKit at CES 2020
• Behold the Wemo React. It Controls Nothing—It Just…Reacts.
• Gentex HomeLink mirror(s) offer smart home control
• LiftMaster adding security cameras and smart locks to myQ ecosystem
• August lock is smaller but still very distinct design
• Eureka Park Foretells of Potential Smart Home Futures
• Level lock
• Kidde RemoteLink bridge with HomeKit STILL not here yet!
• Inovelli Rises from the Ashes at CES 2020
• Moen Raises the Smart Faucet Stakes in Vegas

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CNET’s Molly Price joins the show to review the latest news and updates and to take a look back and ahead at CES. What was hot last year, which companies met the expectations they created, and which ones didn’t? And they look ahead, of course, at this year’s CES happening this very week in Las Vegas.

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• Aqara Smart Home System review: Control everything for much less
• HassKit is New Home Assistant Control App
• Wyze announces (multiple) security failures
• Amazon, Ring face lawsuit over alleged security camera hacks
• The best smart plugs to connect your stuff
• Routines Make It Easier To Control MySmartBlinds by Voice
• Sonos hikes prices on the Amp and Port as it moves production out of China
• Ring Brings the Smart Lighting to CES
• TiVo announces wireless adaptor for TiVo Mini
• Apple Makes some noise at CES
• My Smart Home Christmas Wish List

• Check out CNET’s tech news coverage
• Follow Molly on Twitter

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It’s that time of year again. With the weather getting colder and the holidays right upon us, the Technology.FM hosts get together once again for their annual fireside chat. Now joined by Adam Justice, they discuss some of this year’s biggest smart home stories and consider what they’re each most looking forward to in 2020. So grab a warm cup of cocoa, sit down with them, and enjoy this digital-assistant safe edition of Technology.FM’s fifth annual fireside chat.

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• The Smart Home Show #173 – Smart Home Device Pricing

• Learn more about Adam’s company: ConnectSense
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• Need a project or product management consultant? Contact Richard! 
• Listen to Jason and Seth’s show: HomeTech.FM
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• Connect with Jason on LinkedIn

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Wyze disrupts another product segment with the announcement of its new $90 smart lock, ConnectSense introduces some new products, and Abode Systems’ Scott Beck joins us to talk about their products and recent announcement that their security system is now HomeKit compatible. Does that mean we could eventually see Z-Wave devices on HomeKit?

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• Wyze launches new smart lock and teases future wireless keypad
• New In-Wall Outlet from ConnectSense is now available
• Home Depot debuted the EcoSmart Smart Bulb with Remote
• HomeCam for HomeKit

• Check out Abode’s security systems and accessories
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Samsung doubles down on SmartThings at the Samsung Developer Conference, Home Depot confuses customers with a new line of Philips connected bulbs that aren’t compatible with Hue, and the August View is back. Plus: Agnes Lorenz from The Smartest House joins us to dive into Z-Wave and examine the Zooz line of custom Z-Wave products that address specific consumer needs.

This episode of Home: On is brought to you by Clearstory, a new podcast from This Old House.

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• Samsung Doubles Down on SmartThings
• A modulated laser beam could emulate smart speaker commands
• Ring didn’t encrypt your Wi-Fi password for the 5 seconds it took to provision the doorbell on your network
• August View doorbell is back on the market
• Insignia smart home products are now orphaned
• Sonos lets you trade in old devices for 30% discount
• MySmartRollerBlinds now (finally) available
• Zooz multi-way Switch/Dimmer at CES
• Zooz Unveils Three Clever New Z-Wave Devices

• Check out the great products at The Smartest House
• Solve your Z-Wave problems with Zooz products
• Follow The Smartest House on Twitter

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The Wink hub seems to be one step closer to death, Google announces a bunch of new Nest products, and Signify acquires Eaton Lighting. Plus Anova Culinary’s Steve Svajian joins us to discuss the latest Smart Kitchen Summit and bring us up to speed on Anova’s latest products and announcements.

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• I Gotta Feeling the End is Near for Wink
• Made by Google event announcements
• Arlo reveals video doorbell
• Insteon beta is underway
• Signify is buying Eaton Lighting
• Ring Alarm now available in UK
• Smart Kitchen Summit 2019
• Home: On #091 – The Kitchen Challenge
• Anova Precision Oven
• Water Physics 101
• Learn more about Anova Culinary
• Follow Anova on Twitter and Instagram

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We have highlights from CEDIA, a ton of new products and services from Amazon, useful updates from Yonomi, and our special guest co-host, Joel Sellinger, co-founder of LifeDoor. It’s Fire Prevention Week, and nothing’s more important in the smart home than products that can help save your home from unnecessary damage and protect the people you love. Joel talks about how LifeDoor solves a problem that can literally make the difference between life and death.

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• CEDIA Expo 2019 Highlights: Day 1
• CEDIA Expo 2019 Highlights: Day 2
• Everything Amazon Announced at Its Alexa Event
• IKEA’s Sonos remote
• Best Buy is leaving smart home users in the cold, but its Wi-Fi freezer will still mostly work
• TV Lights with New Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box
• Leeo warns customers: “possible shutdown”
• Sunset/Sunrise Routines Are More Powerful Than Ever In New Yonomi Update
• Home app: What’s Changed in iOS 13
• Learn more about LifeDoor
• Bond
• Follow LifeDoor on Twitter and Instagram

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Your devices and services may or may not still work with Nest now, Johnson Controls pulls Cortana from its Cortana-based thermostat, and a recent hub update brings us one step closer to the new Insteon app. Plus: Sense co-founder and CEO Mike Phillips talks about how insight into how we use electricity in our homes can help us save energy and money, and their aftermarket electrical panel add-on enables that!

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• Philips Hue’s fall update: Vintage bulbs, smart buttons and a big bet on Bluetooth
• Sonos Move speaker cuts the cord, goes portable
• June smart ovens have been turning on and preheating
• Cortana Is Being Removed from Its Own Thermostat
• Nest is now prompting users to convert to Google Accounts
• Insteon updated Hub firmware to prep for new app
• IKEA invests heavily in the smart home going forward
• Hubitat sensors and automations can now trigger Alexa routines
• Learn more about Sense and save $30 with discount code SENSE30
• Bond
• Follow Sense on Twitter and Instagram

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Lee Odess, VP from Allegion, the makers of Schlage locks, joins the us to discuss the latest smart home news. There are plenty of updates to cover, including new Sonos speakers at IKEA, new HomeKit capabilities for products already in the market, and the sad demise of Amazon’s physical dash buttons. Then Lee walks us through Schlage’s long legacy of smart home technology and products, helping us understand how they approach this evolving market.

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• Symfonisk speakers are now available at IKEA
• Google confirmed Nest Hub Max has a release date
• Nanoleaf Canvas Tiles Updated to Act as HomeKit Buttons
• Arlo Pro Lines Now Work with HomeKit
• Amazon is going to kill your Dash button
• Put a Ring Sensor in Your Mailbox To Know When Snail-Mail Arrives
• SmartDry makes dryers smarter
• Mark McCall’s Automated Home 2.0
• Find out about Bitdefender BOX
• Using the Ikea Trådfri dimmer remote with SmartThings (YouTube video)
• Learn more about Schlage
• Follow Schlage locks on Twitter and Instagram

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We have the latest news from Wyze, Nest, and more, but we’re also trying something different this time. Have you thought about redesigning your kitchen and, specifically, how technology might impact your choices and decisions? AD Pro Editor Katy Olson joins us to discuss these very issues because throwing technology into the mix without the proper consideration and planning can be a costly mistake.

This episode is brought to you by the Smart Kitchen Summit. Get a 25% discount on your tickets with promo code HOMEON.

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• Wyze Debuts Wyze Services, Free Person Detection
• Tariffs are impacting smart kitchen appliance costs
• UK-based WIFIPLUG planning Laundry Life outlet
• GE Announces Updated Lineup of HomeKit Compatible Air Conditioners
• Nest app will no longer work on the Apple Watch and Wear OS
• Smart Speakers Moving Toward 50% Market Penetration
• Find out more about AD Pro at archdigest.com/adpro
• Get 20% off an AD Pro membership at archdigest.com/homeon
• Follow AD Pro on Instagram at @archdigestpro

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Insteon reveals what they’ve been working on for the past year or so, new SmartThings and Philips Hue devices will work without a hub, and Wink reminds us it’s still alive by announcing new product support. DMZ guest contributor Jimmy Hawkins joins us to run through this news and more, plus he shares some learnings through his journey adopting smart home technology.

This episode is brought to you by Pulsar Halo. Learn more about Pulsar Halo at smarthomebyhalo.com.

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• Insteon Raises the Curtain for Its Next Act
• New SmartThings Things
• The Internet Piles on GE for C by GE Bulb Reset Video
• Wink Announces New Product Compatibility While Nobody Is Watching
• Universal Devices Announces Polisy Polyglot Appliance
• Logitech Confirms Circle 2 Camera to Support Apple’s New Secure Video
• Lutron Increases Caséta Device Limit
• Jasco debuts new GE-branded Z-Wave light switches and dimmers
• Stringify is Dead. Long Live Stringify
• Follow Jimmy Hawkins’ projects on Twitter at @prjct92eh2

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Apple introduces some improvements to HomeKit at this year’s developer conference; Lutron announces a brilliant, new retrofit lighting controller; and Eaton Lighting’s Bryant Bilal joins us to talk about their residential smart lighting line, Halo Home.

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• Security features come to routers and cameras
• Home app updates in iOS 13
• Lutron’s Aurora Dimmer Solves the Smart Bulb/Wall Switch Problem
• Hubitat releases iOS/Android apps
• New Ecobee & SmartSensors Detailed
• Tado releases V3+ AC control
• Wemo 3-way Light Switch Now Available
• Find out more about Halo Home
• Hear more about the iOS 13 HomeKit updates on The Smart Home Show

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Google backpedals after abruptly announcing the shutdown of its Works with Nest program, Ring Smart Lighting products arrive, and the Google Assistant finally lands on Sonos devices. Orro founder and CEO Colin Billings joins us to discuss all this news plus his thoughts on how Orro plans to fill some gaps in the consumer smart lighting space.

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• Google Introduces Nest Hub Max
• “Works with Nest” shutting down August 31, 2019 because “privacy”
• Google responds and backpedals (a bit)“
• Ring Security Smart Lighting released on the 15th
• Amazon turns your Echos into home guardians
• Blink replaces XT with XT2; still no doorbell
• With the Google Assistant, your Sonos system gets even smarter
• Find out more about Orro

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There’s good news and there’s bad news. Several new devices are offering HomeKit support while Stringify users scramble for alternative automation solutions. Journalist Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins us to catch up on what is arguably a mixed bag of smart home updates.

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• Stringify Surprises No One by Announcing Imminent Shutdown
• Yonomi is rolling out the welcome wagon
• August halts shipping of View doorbell camera, offers customers refunds
• Wyze Sense Smart Home Kit Now Shipping
• Amazon Key delivery now live in select cities
• Lutron fan control is now available with HomeKit support
• Ring Alarm is now a Smart Home Hub sensors work with Alexa
• Ring update adds Linked Devices
• Ring Security Lighting delayed until May 15
• IKEA’s smart blinds delayed until later this year
• Trådfri Outlets are now fully supported within HomeKit
• Fibaro devices are now compatible with SmartThings
• Third-party Insteon Device Handlers for SmartThings

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We’re sharing a panel Richard moderated at the last Smart Kitchen Summit about commerce in the kitchen. How do you sell stuff to consumers in their own homes without it feeling annoying? And we have a winner for our ultimate smart home kit!

The panelists were Iri Zohar of Freshub, Benton Richardson, of Amazon Dash, and Shawn Stover of GE Appliances. The panel was recorded at The Smart Kitchen Summit on October 9, 2018.

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• Freshub
• Amazon Dash
• GE Appliances
• The Smart Kitchen Summit
• DIY Smart Home Security with Apple HomeKit

• Are you a Game of Thrones fan? Check out Richard’s other show, Let’s Talk About Thrones

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Lowe’s Iris is shutting down in just a few days. How is Lowe’s handling the ramp-down process, and where do you go now? Long time friend of the DMZ and Iris user Tony Raynor joins us to discuss what he learned from his experience and shares his thought process in moving to a new platform…or two.

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• Lowes Iris is shutting down
• Living with Iris forum
• Bathroom repair tutor
• No, Logitech is not bricking your Harmony Home Hub
• Win the ultimate Insteon smart home kit!
• Follow Tony on Twitter

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It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on smart home news, so we have some catching up to do. Richard covers a few news stories and updates, and Jianhui He from LEDVANCE joins the show to talk about some recent updates to the SMART+ product line.

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• Lowes Iris is shutting down
• No, Logitech is not bricking your Harmony Home Hub
• IKEA smart blinds expected by April
• Cortana adds smart home scenes and routines
• Samsung updates its app
• Homeboy update supports multiple homes
• Win the ultimate Insteon smart home kit!
• Find out more about the Sylvania SMART+ line
• Follow LEDVANCE on Twitter

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When we were at CES, we saw lots of cool, new products. This year was again more evolutionary than revolutionary, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t interesting!

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• Ring Security Lighting
• C by GE
• FLO by Moen
• Nanoleaf Canvas
• Chefling
• Check out our complete CES coverage

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It’s a new year, and we’re ready for CES…so what’s that all mean? It’s time to get together again with our friends from CNET. Andrew Gebhart joins us this time to review last year’s show and speculate about what this year will bring. Plus, we have some old news to catch up on. And robots! Andrew loves him some robots!

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• Alexa Guard Goes Live
• White-Rodgers Recalls Thermostats Due to Fire Hazard
• ConnectSense Outlet Generation 2 Supports Amazon/Google Assistants
• Ring Uses Amazon’s New Security Panel Controller API
• Philips rolls out support for power failure recovery
• You can now purchase Ikea’s $10 smart plug in the US
• Amazon Dramatically Improves Alexa Routines
• iDevices products now integrate with IFTTT
• Wemo Bridge adds HomeKit support
• First Alert OneLink Safe & Sound with Amazon/Google voice services
• Find out How to Use a Lutron Pico remote with HomeKit
• Follow CNET’s complete CES coverage
• Read Andrew’s posts and reviews
• Follow Andrew on Twitter

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Each Winter, Richard gets to sit around the fire with some tech friends and reflect back on the year in smarthome technology. This is our annual Technology.FM fireside chat, moderated by Seth Johnson…with Jason Griffing, Mike Wolf, and this year joined by Rose Thibodeaux. And this is the DMZ’s obsessively edited cut with 25 minutes of vocables and dead space left on the cutting room floor.

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• Read Rose Thibodeaux’s blog: H.A.Report
• Watch Rose on YouTube: It’s Rose
• Listen to Jason and Seth: HomeTech.FM
• Follow Seth on Twitter: @SethPJohnson
• Connect with Jason on LinkedIn
• Read Mike’s food tech editorial site: The Spoon
• Learn about the Smart Kitchen Summit

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Richard looks back at last month’s Smart Kitchen Summit, TiVo starts rolling out some smart home features to customers, and Josh Pollard joins us to share his thoughts on some of Google’s new Home product, and he updates us on what’s going on these days in his smart home.

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• Smart Kitchen Summit
• Home Hub $150 smart display
• New Home app
• TiVo rolling out IFTTT integration
• Ring skill now works with most Echo devices
• Read listener Chris’s WebCore information, left as a comment on Episode #111
• Follow Josh on Twitter

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We are so excited to be joined again by Ring founder Jamie Siminoff. He helps us unpack all of last month’s product news from Amazon and gives us some insight into Ring’s recent growth and success. We also dive into some of Ring’s latest products and offerings while revisiting our shared quest for more T’s. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Then be sure to listen to this one!

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• Amazon announces a ton of new products
• IKEA expected to add smart shading to TRADFRI line
• IFTTT now works with Sonos
• Build a smart bathroom
• Ring Quietly Launches New Hardwired Security Cam
• Listener Ben asked about WebCore for SmartThings
• Learn more about Ring products and services at ring.com
• Follow Ring on Twitter

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Microsoft and Amazon put their assistants on some of each others’ devices, IKEA expands its smart home offerings, and Marc Alexander, the CTO and co-founder of LIFX joins us for a great conversation about their company and product offerings. We recorded this episode back in August, so the news is a little old, but the information about LIFX and Marc’s perspective on the market are timeless.

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• Cortana now works with Amazon’s assistant
• Cortana-powered GLAS thermostat available for pre-order
• IKEA expanding its HomeKit accessory lineup with smart plug
• Insteon now supports Subaru through EVE
• Lenovo Smart Display is now available
• Learn more about LIFX products at lifx.com
• Follow LIFX on Instagram

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We’re in San Diego, California, attempting to report live from the 2018 CEDIA Expo. Technical issues aside, we had some great discussions with Control4, Insteon, Sonos, Monoprice and the Z-Wave Alliance, which is also our host and sponsor for this episode. Each of these organizations spans the gap to some degree between the installer channel and DIY consumers, and we’re delighted to share their voices with you in this live-ish episode of Home: On.

This episode is brought to you by the Z-Wave Alliance.

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• Z-Wave Alliance
• Control4
• Insteon
• Sonos
• Monoprice

This episode features interviews with Mitch Klein, Brad Hintze, Steve Lee, Nick DeVita, and David Lavine. Many thanks to the team at Caster Communications for arranging guest appearances and assisting with the logistics for this show. Josh Pollard produced the live recording of this episode, and Smarter Home Life‘s Joe Dugandzic provided additional photography and video support. Read Joe’s extensive report on the CEDIA Expo here.

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