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Tag: home automation
Elgato goes all-in on HomeKit, changes name to Eve Systems, sells off gaming division
Elgato makes a lot of great HomeKit hardware and smart home accessories…
Sony PlayStation 4 cumulative sales 2.5 times greater than Microsoft’s Xbox One
It’s no secret that the PlayStation 4 has been outselling the Xbox One, but the extent…
Apple is struggling to stop a ‘skeleton key’ hack on home Wi-Fi
Even with all Apple’s expertise and investment in cybersecurity, there are some security problems that are so intractable…
Great light bulbs that work with Apple’s HomePod and Siri
I was able to tell Siri to change the bulb color to purple, blue, yellow…
Smart speaker penetration hits 20% of U.S. Wi-Fi households
In just three months, that’s more than a 50 percent increase to an astounding 18.7 million U.S. home…
The Inquirer reviews Apple’s HomePod: ‘Looks great, sounds fantastic; Siri needs work’
We’ve now spent a month with the Apple HomePod, the company’s first attack on the smart speaker market…
Apple needs more than HomePod to play in smart home
When Apple announced in 2014 that it was creating the HomeKit for iOS devices…
How Apple’s HomeKit broke my digital heart
When Apple first announced HomeKit in 2014 I hoped it would be the unifying platform…
I want another Apple HomePod for sure, maybe two more
One of the tests of truly useful technology is how quickly it stops feeling like a luxury and starts feeling like something you wouldn’t want to live without
How to control your home with the HomePod
You can use your HomePod to control HomeKit accessories…
A new OS war is about to begin
We are about to move into what I call the mini operating systems wars for edge devices…
Apple’s AirPlay 2: What it is, how it works, and which devices support it
AirPlay has been with us for a long time…
How Apple should fix Apple TV: This all seems so obvious, and yet…
Let me preface this by saying that I like the Apple TV. It’s a solid device….
Massive HomeKit improvements in iOS 11 include faster switching and much more powerful automation
You can tell from the numerous improvements iOS 11 brings to HomeKit that the standard…
Elgato showcases five new HomeKit accessories
Elgato is expanding its Eve product family of HomeKit-enabled accessories…
Apple’s future is Siri
The iPhone shows no signs of going away, and it’s possible to imagine that we’ll still be carrying some…
Ikea’s smart home dares to make sense
The ‘smart home’ has not yet distinguished itself. Sure, you might dim your lights…
TechHive reviews Schlage Sense: The heaviest-duty of heavy-duty HomeKit-enabled smart locks
A bit on the industrial side? Perhaps, but if reliability is what you really want…
Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit
Apple has made major changes to HomeKit that accelerate the standard’s trajectory…
Apple acquires BellSouth patent regarding home device automation and smart interaction
The patent covers a smart home environment being controlled by a single handheld device that learns new functions over time…
Bluetooth SIG announces mesh networking capability, ideally suited for IoT solutions
The new mesh capability enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimized for creating large-scale device networks…
Apple unveils smart home experiences in its retail stores worldwide
A chance to try some Apple HomeKit products…
Apple’s Siri is still the top-ranking personal assistant, but active users declined 15% YOY
The report analyzed mobile app usage of U.S. consumers between May 2016 and May 2017…
With HomePod, Apple just wants to shake things up (for now)
Apple’s HomePod speaker is a depth charge dropped into the ocean where Google Home and Amazon Echo sail…
Amazon exec: Alexa and Siri should be able to communicate with each other
Alexa and Siri, rival voice assistants on Amazon’s Echo and Apple’s iPhone, don’t directly communicate…
Apple HomePod vs. Amazon Echo
Apple has officially stepped into the market for stationary speakers powered by virtual assistants…
How Apple’s once-revolutionary Siri lost its edge
For its first three years, Apple’s Siri had no real competitors. Today, Apple is playing catch-up in a product category it invented…
Apple CEO Cook discusses philosophy behind HomePod, ARKit’s potential market impact
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook this week answered questions surrounding the the reasoning behind ARKit…
CNET: Apple’s HomePod offers superior sound quality vs. Amazon Echo and Sonos Play:3
It may well have Siri’s smarts, but Apple wants you to know that the new HomePod speaker…
Apple’s new HomePod sounds incredible!
Listening to the Apple HomePod was like listening to a CD, audio through Amazon;s Echo sounded like AM radio…
Apple HomePod takes on Amazon Echo
For months we’ve heard rumors of a Siri-powered rival to the Amazon Echo…
Apple reveals HomePod smart home music speaker
Apple today announced HomePod, a breakthrough wireless speaker for the home that delivers amazing audio quality…
Associated Press: New Siri smart speaker expected as Apple kicks off WWDC 2017
Apple appears poised to unveil a voice-activated, internet-connected speaker that would create a new digital pipeline into people’s homes…
Apple TV just became an enterprise hub for connected things
Hotels, colleges, enterprises and educators now have a really simple way to deploy Apple TVs…
The best products for building a smart home with Apple’s HomeKit
Apple’s introduction of HomeKit in iOS 8 two years ago was in many ways what we had been waiting for in the home automation world…
Honeywell unveils Apple HomeKit-compatible Lyric T5 Wi-Fi thermostat
Honeywell believes that having a comfortable, connected home should be possible no matter the season, schedule, or location…
How a few words to Siri unlocked a man’s front door, exposing a flaw Apple needs to fix
A month ago, Marcus, a 31-year-old man living in Springfield, Missouri, decided to go all in on the smart home…
Apple’s Siri is set to control your home
The dream of a smart home where everything can be controlled at the tap of a button is about to get a step closer…
Aloft’s ‘smart hotels’ will let you control your room with Siri
Siri has a new home…
Apple’s smart home vision is finally taking shape
Imagine this: You’re just getting home from a long day at work…
How Apple’s HomeKit could revolutionize energy
Apple may have bigger ambitions than just developing solar for its data centers…
