On this week's show: Two weeks of news from all around the industry including updates from Amazon, Google, Sonos, iRobot, Josh.ai, IKEA, Home Assistant, and more! We also take a few moments to answer questions from the mailbag, review a few open projects, and turn our socks right-side out. All this and so much more on this week's HomeTech!
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Show Notes
- Sony BRAVIA 8 65” class OLED 4K HDR Google TV (2024) | K-65XR80
- 65 inch LG OLED evo AI C4 4K Smart TV 2024 - OLED65C4PUA | LG USA
- SANUS VLT7
- DMF Lighting
- Florence Y'all Water Tower - Wikipedia
- All-new Alexa Show 15 | A stunning HD 15.6" smart kitchen TV for home organization
- Made for Amazon Under-Cabinet Mount, for Echo Show 15 (Gen 1, 2021 & Gen 2, 2024 Releases)
- Echo Show 5 3rd Gen Under Cabinet Kitchen Mount Bracket for Amazon Alexa Devices | Compatible with 3rd Gen 2023 Model | All Hardware Included (Black)
- Sylvox Under Counter TV
- HomeTech Headlines
- YouTube - 2025 Josh.AI Winter Launch Event
- “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen - Ars Technica
- Amazon Announces Premium Alexa Devices Under ‘Signature’ Line • iPhone in Canada Blog
- Amazon is taking away the option of not sending voice recordings to the cloud | The Verge
- Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
- ESP32 Undocumented Bluetooth Commands: Clearing the Air
- Sonos has canceled its streaming video player | The Verge
- iRobot tells investors its future is in doubt | The Verge
- iRobot launches eight new Roombas and finally adds lidar mapping
- Will iRobot’s reinvention of the Roomba be at the expense of its history of innovation? | The Verge
- After nine years, Google is officially ditching Assistant for Gemini
- Google warns folks with dead Chromecasts not to reset them • The Register
- Ikea registered a Matter-over-Thread temperature sensor with the FCC | The Verge
- Ubiquiti - Introducing Pro XG Lineup
- Sony Unveils Next-Gen RGB LED Display Technology - CEPRO
- Home Assistant officially Matters - Home Assistant
- Exporting Clips & Cloud Archiving with UniFi Protect
- Gavin Campbell with Electrical Upgrades, AI Automation and a new Robot Lawn Mower is on the way - HGG640
- Netstor Technology