GM! and it’s been a while since I wrote one of my weekly emails 🖐. To be honest, just been busy on the real-life front, with lots going on with our large family. A little rusty at the moment, so bear with me as I get my typing fingers back into action ⌨️. As always, […]
Bold Google, Amazon Starts Walking, and More 🗷
Happy Sunday Morning! All is good here in Ireland, the whole Covid thing seems to be improving and the weather is pretty nice today. I just back from a run and time to have a nice fry up! From a smart home perspective, here are some interesting news bites this past week: Bold Google 🗷 […]
Eve, Smart Speaker OS, and Amazon Matters 🎍
Good Morning and a Happy New Year to all our readers🎉 In contrast to December, week one of 2022 was busy from a smart home news perspective. To be expected, CES unveiled a raft of stories for us to digest, here are some ones that caught my attention: Eve in the Outdoors 🎍 Eve’s new […]
Matter TV, Amazon Sidewalk Rumors, and Smart Home Passwords
Hiya on this wet Sunday morning here in Ireland! Due to brighten up later, no major news in the smart home world this week. Everything is gone slow due to holiday season, anyway enjoy the few snippets I came across this past seen days: Matter TV 📺 Controlling TVs from a smart home can be […]
Alexa Sounds, Twinkle Twinkle, and T9 🦗
Good Evening everyone! It’s the holiday season and bought our Christmas tree yesterday and full family around to help me get it set up and twinkling later this afternoon. Speaking of Christmas 🤶 very little news emanating from the smart home industry players this past seven days. Here are a few snippets I gleaned this […]
Ring Gets Festive, New Alexa Switches and Chatting Features 🗣️
Good evening! Releasing this newsletter late today, driving around this morning, and dropping kids at different sporting events. All cool in this part of the world and hope those of you in the US had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Here are a few snippers of smart home news to check out this week: Ho Ho […]
Smart Home Resignation, Smart Voices, and Sleepy Nest
Hiya fellow smart homers, spent the last few days down with my parents in Cork and just back this morning. Looking forward to a relaxed Sunday ahead, here are some smart home news stories that came to light this past week. Smart Home Resignation 👋 One of Apples’ high-profile SH people moved on last week. […]
Top 10 Must-Read Matter Smart Home Standard Sources
Official Matter Site What is Matter and why is it important for your smart home? Wikipedia Matter Smart Home Page FAQ – frequently asked questions about matter All You Need To Know About The Smart Home Matter Protocol Connectivity Standards Alliance Twitter Page Interesting Reddit Thread About the Matter Smart Home Protocol Smart Home Matter: […]
Smart Thermostat News, Smart Turkeys 🐔 and Smart Home Rumours!
Morning everyone, hope all is good, getting ready for a long drive to my native county of Cork to watch our second youngest daughter play some sports. The weather is good and looking forward to the day ahead. Grab a coffee and enjoy some of the smart home stories that I reviewed this past week, […]
Smart Home Wellness, Safety, and Buttons!
Evening everybody, slightly later this fine Sunday evening; did a short run earlier and lots of kids activities for the rest of the day, here are a few smart home stories I caught sight of this past week! Smart Wellness 👩⚕️ There are a plethora of smart home air quality monitors available to consumers. And […]
Smart Home Couches 🛋️, Recurring Revenue and a Cheap Smart Doorbell
Happy Halloween to all 🎃😊 All good in this part of the world. Lots of activities here today with trick or treating with the younger ones and the older crew I believe are on the town tonight! On the smart home front, I’ve picked out some stories, that I thought you might enjoy this Sunday […]
Multi-color HomePods, Smart Home Subs, and More
Hiya, Gerard here; hope your week is going pretty cool; no major news in this part of the world. Hoping for a relatively easy Sunday ahead! Check out some smart home stories I gleaned from the Web over the past seven days: Multiple HomePod Colors 📻 Although unexpected, Apple announced some iterations of its HomePod […]