The HomeTech Podcast features news, opinions, insights, and advice on all things Smart Home | Co-Hosted by Home Automation Pros Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, & Seth Johnson
On this week's show: Latch lays off lots of people, Jony Ive makes a record player, a review of Matter device installs, Blue Iris goes down, and a new printer is on its way to Gavin's house. Will he ever learn?
On this week's show: Aqara shows off new keypads and launches a new sensor, Shelly jumps into Z-wave, Amazon starts offing early Prime deals on Amazon owned products, more updates about various projects in the works and the importance of ladder safety as well as a pick of the week!
On "last week's" show: Seth completely forgets to publish a show even though he edited it a week ago, Aqara launches a new lock that Matters with all the options, Gavin updates us on his green lawn project and TJ fixes up the new home. All of this and we chat about the Vision Pro to contractually satisfy our obligations with Apple, overseer of all tech podcasts.
This week on HomeTech: Google gets hit with a $32m reason to stop infringing on Sonos patents, URC launches an all-new, familiar looking for some reason lighting control system, a new app brings intercom to Sonos speakers, no more fun celebrity voices on Alexa, and Level starts eyeing the apartment market with a new doorbell intercom. All this, a pick of the week, a massive amount of project updates, and more!
This week on HomeTech: An update on Telly's ad TV, Comcast launches a cable-lite streaming package, Netflix lied, Max rebrand kills remotes, Android has viruses, Matter matters, a pick of the week, and the crew plots to disrupt the printer market with ads!
On this week's show: TP-Link is boasting some crazy speeds with Wi-Fi 7, Amazon 'pops' out a new product, a new free* TV for people who want more ads, Wemo says they will or won't fix a security flaw on a discontinued product, Ring's former CEO has the Midas touch, and a massive rant on Matter. All this and a pick of the week!
On this week's show we use ChatGPT to review the podcast with mixed results, Amazon is upgrading Alexa with some ChatGPT magic, Yo-Link gets some impressive updates but not to their website, Google wants to Matter and releases a nice docking tablet, Gavin dives back into the world of soil sensors, a question about Reolink cameras, and a pick of the week.
On this week's HomeTech: Abode gets Google Nest (again), Paramount+ gets subscribers, Amazon gets Matter, and a cat gets a new scratching post thanks to Apple. All this and more, plus some big project updates including a new home for one of our co-hosts!
On this week's HomeTech: Zooz has a new sensor made for smoke detectors, Ring announces an indoor camera with a privacy shutter, Alarm.com gets smarter with AI, Netflix loses 1 Million customers in Spain, Wiz and Nest really Matter, and Home Assistant is getting serious about voice control. All of this, a pick of the week, project updates, and more!
On this week's show: New products from URC, Aqara, and Sonos, Netflix ends DVD-by-mail service, Apple Homepods can now listen for smoke alarms, how to backup your pictures and files, project updates, and a pick of the week for organizing your things.
On this week's show: Gavin has a printer update…. again, NEXX devices have major security issues, Google Assistant may be doomed, Innovelli launches a new radar light switch, a new survey says "AV techs are cool" (or something like that), a question for Gavin and only Gavin, audio issues for Seth, quick projects updates, and a pick of the week!
On this week's show: Sonos rumors are popping up again, Phillips Hue delays Matter while Eve launches their Matter products, Google and ADT finally have something to show for home security, Amazon opens up their massive Sidewalk network for developers, Home Assistant updates, project updates, and a cool pick of the week.
On this weeks show: Belkin doesn't Matter, Nanoleaf and SwitchBot do, Ring launches a new doorbell with a wider lens, Aqara launches a doorbell that can talk dirty, Home Assistant discloses a long term vulnerability, a pick of the week from 1999, and project updates from the team!
On this weeks show, Ring puts some of its core features behind a paywall, Amazon hopes to launch a satellite internet service, CEDIA 2023 planning woes, multiple project updates, and a pick of the week!
This week on HomeTech: Follow-up from Lightapalooza 2023, Ring CEO Jamie Jamie Siminoff steps down, a new Hubitat hub hits the market, no less than two TJ rants and reviews, Gavin steps up his game in user interface design for Home Assistant, a mailbag message and a pick of the week!
On this week's show: Sonos looks like it will be launching a new Era any day now while also raising prices, Amazon gets a nice update for multi-room audio, Aqara launches 4 new products, including a smart door, project updates, Home Assistant updates, and a pick of the week!
This week on HomeTech: Gavin talks for more than two minutes, IKEA launches a Indoor Air Sensor with an unpronounceable name, SimpliSafe starts monitoring indoor video, Fast internet is coming, Comcast is cutting off Peacock, a pick of the week, and we ask the question, "What makes the best dashboard for the home?"
On this week's show: Josh.ai looks to level up with ChatGPT, CEDIA launches a career toolkit, TPLink launches cheap vacuums that suck (dirt), more on the Netflix password drama, a pet pick of the week, and project updates from the team. All this and more!
This week on HomeTech: TPLink launches something that Matters, Frontier announces 5Gbps Fiber, Netflix says no more password sharing, a great video on why we need subtitles now, a nostalgic pic of the week, project updates, and a speaker rant!
On this week's show: Severs are down, severs are up, lights have been on at one school for over a year, appliance makers really want you to put their products online, Home Assistant beta review, two picks of the week, project updates, and more!
This week on HomeTech: HomeTech.social gets a new feature, a new Wyze firmware hack adds dual streams, Wyze introduces new cameras, Apple re-introduces a new HomePod, LG recalls 52,000 TVs, a pick of the week that any parent would love, and project updates.
On this weeks HomeTech: A new Hubitat Hub is on the way, HDAnywhere announces a new remote, Amazon announces more integrations, Matter comes to Leviton, Smart water tech is here, a folding robot, and project updates from the team.
This week on HomeTech: We welcome in 2023 and the one-year co-host anniversary for Gavin and TJ. We couldn’t completely abandon 2022 without following up on a few news stories and then diving right into pre-CES coverage including: New TVs from LG and Samsung, smart lights everywhere, Matter matters matter, Withings watches you pee, a quick pick of the week, project updates and so much more!
On this episode of HomeTech: Join us for the 8th Annual Technology.fm Fireside chat! This year, we are joined by, Richard Gunther from the Home: On podcast and the Smart Home Show , Adam Justice, Founder and CEO at ConnectSense and Richard’s co-host on the Smart Home Show, and Mike Wolf from The Spoon . We share our perspectives on the biggest connected home trends of 2022 and make some predictions about the year ahead. Don’t miss it!...
This week on HomeTech: Eve starts launching Matter upgrades for its devices but, will it matter? IKEA and Sonos are back at it again, a pick of the week, and Gavin gives us an update on his abusive and rocky relationship with Home Assistant.
This week on HomeTech: Gavin and Seth discuss the weeks news including some updates from Amazon and eero that expand the features of current products. Vivint is acquired for $2.8 billion in cash. What's the inside of Michael Jordan's home look like, a few things you should never say to Alexa, and Gavin gives us an update on his Home Assistant project.
This week on HomeTech: We share Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases, Hubitat gets official with Homekit, Josh.ai teams up with AVA, Eufy has some security issues but Brinks has even bigger problems, a pick of the week, and project updates from Gavin's crashing Home Assistant install to Seth's robot mower.
