Episode 417 - The 2022 Fireside Chat

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!

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Episode 416 - Fixing What Isn't Broken

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.

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Show Notes

• HomeTech Headlines
  • Eve’s Matter update arrives on three of its Thread smart home devices - The Verge
  • IKEA x Sonos SYMFONISK smart lamp/speaker levels up, literally, with a new elevated design - 9to5Mac
• Pick of the Week
  • HomeTech.social

Episode 415 - NRG Energy NRG

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.

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Show Notes

• HomeTech Headlines
  • Amazon's Echo Show 15 now doubles as a Fire TV
  • Eero Internet Backup
  • NRG Energy to Acquire Vivint for $2.8B in Cash
• Picks of the Week
  • Touring Michael Jordan's Mansion!
  • Things You Should Never Say To Your Amazon Alexa
• 2022.12: It does matter!
• Everything Presence One Kit

Episode 414 - Massive Home Assistant Fail

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.

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• Black Friday Hauls
  • TJ: Turkey
  • Gavin: Belkin Desk Charger
  • Anker Wireless Charging Stand
  • Seth: Fire 10
• HomeTech Headlines
  • Hubitat getting Official Homekit Compatibility
  • Josh.ai and AVA Unite to Transform Universal Remote Control
  • Anker's Eufy Cameras Caught Uploading Content to the Cloud Without User Consent
  • Edmonton man could see private data of other Brinks customers through his home security system — for months
• Pick of the Week
  • TJ's Wire Stretcher
  • PAW International Pull Buddy Wire & Cable Pulling 6 Piece Set

Episode 413 - HomeTech.Social

On this week's HomeTech: Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday! We're happy to announce a new effort to save everyone for dealing with the collapse of Twitter: HomeTech.Social – a new Mastodon instance dedicated for home automation enthusiasts. In the news, we look at another Amazon hit piece and talk about the rumors surrounding 4 new products from Sonos. All that, the pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!

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Show Notes

• Some Black Friday Deals
  • Airthings 2930 Wave Plus for $150
  • Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus (White) bundle with Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen) for $149
  • eufy Security, Wi-Fi Video Doorbell fir $70
  • iRobot Roomba 692 Robot Vacuum-Wi-Fi Connectivity for $175
  • First Alert Z-Wave Smoke Detector & Carbon Monoxide Alarm for $27.00
  • Samsung 70" Smart 4K Crystal HDR UHD TV TU7000 Series - Titan Gray
• HomeTech.Social - HomeTech's Mastodon instance for home automation enthusiasts
• HomeTech Headlines
  • Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year | Ars Technica
  • Sonos plans to enter four new product categories — and the first is coming next year
• Pick of the Week
  • Getting Title at 12:14
• Industry-Leading Low Voltage Estimating Software | D-Tools
• Tempest Weather System | WeatherFlow Tempest Inc.
• Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24
• BirdNET-Pi – BirdNET in Raspberry Pis