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August Expands Portfolio with Wi-Fi Smart Lock at CES 2020
At CES 2020, August Home has announced a new home security product, the August Wi-Fi Smart Lock. In contrast to existing August smart locks, this product has an onboard Wi-Fi...
Netatmo Smart Door Lock to Feature Apple HomeKit and NFC Keys
Taking a different approach to residential door security, the Netatmo Smart Door Lock brings Netatmo Security app and Apple HomeKit support as well as near-field communication (NFC) smart key access....
Phyn Smart Water Portfolio Expands at CES 2020 with Phyn XL Line
Smart water pioneer Phyn has announced they are moving upmarket with the debut of the Phyn XL 1.5" and Phyn XL 2" at CES 2020. Phyn, the makers of the...
Smart TVs Continue to Resonate with Global Consumers
Is there a smart TV in your media room? If so, you reside in one of the nearly 45 million U.S. households with at least one of these highly-connected big...
Amazon, Apple, Google, and Zigbee Alliance Launch Project Connected Home over IP
In what is dubbed as Project Connected Home over IP, a broad contingent of the major players in connected home ecosystems have come together for the first time to develop...
August Brings SmartThings Integration to All August Smart Locks
The August Smart Lock and Smart Lock Pro have gained new direct, software-based integration with Samsung SmartThings, without the need for Z-Wave. While SmartThings integration has been available previously with...
Apple AirPods Pro Elevate Wireless Listening Game
Apple has announced they will deliver a significant upgrade to the popular AirPods headphones in the form of AirPods Pro, an all-new, hybrid in-ear design with active noise cancellation. The...
Pani Smart Water Monitor Brings H2O Awareness Home
Pani Systems, an Austin, Texas-based startup headed by entrepreneur Allen Tsai, has launched its first product into the connected home sphere. The Pani Smart Water Monitor is designed for homeowner...
Bose Portable Home Speaker Joins Inside/Outside Smart Speaker Genre
Adding to its repertoire of wireless smart speakers, Bose has released the Portable Home Speaker, a battery-powered mobile speaker made to be used inside or outside. Designed as a companion...
Google Nest Hub Max Makes its Debut, Nest.com Fades Away
The Google Nest Hub Max, the bigger brother to the Google Nest Hub (the original Google smart display formerly known as the Google Home Hub), finally made its way into...
Sonos Takes It Outside With Move Speaker
Sonos has announced its first speaker designed for the great outdoors, the Sonos Move. In addition to a durable shell and IP56-rated water and dust protection, the $399 Sonos Move...
Smart Product Makers Lay Down Markers on Google Nest Account Migration
The Google Nest connected home domain is undergoing a major shift, as the company is nudging current Nest Account holders to migrate to Google Accounts in light of their plan...
Google Nest Launches Nest Account to Google Account Migration
It's happening. Google Nest has quietly rolled out the capability for current Nest Account holders to migrate to Google Accounts, as part of their plan to fully integrate the Nest...
Forthcoming Features in Apple iOS 13 You Should Care About
Whenever Apple announces a new operating system, people immediately start assessing which features are the most important and which might be mere hype. iOS 13, slated for release in September,...
No Assembly Required: Sonos and IKEA Smart Speakers Begin Shipping
It’s no secret Sonos and IKEA have been working on integrating Sonos speaker technology into IKEA home furnishing designs. With the latest news from these two companies, it has been...
The Amazon Echo Show Line Just Grew Larger
If you’ve been hanging onto the edge of your seat for news of another smart hub device, you’ll be happy to hear Amazon’s release of the Echo Show 5. The...
KB Home Trickles Down Smart Tech from Concept Home to Production Builds
Shall we call it KB Homenomics? The national home builder has just trickled down smart health, wellness, and automation technology from its futuristic KB Home ProjeKt concept home to production...
Google Nest Backtracks on Works with Nest Hard Line
Responding to fallout from developers and consumers alike, Google Nest has revised their plans for sunsetting the Works with Nest (WWN) integration program. In a blog post on The Keyword,...
Fallout Mounts from Impending Works with Nest Sunsetting
Following the announcement by Google and Nest of the impending sunset of the Works with Nest third-party integration program on August 31 2019, major players in the connected home sphere...
Goodbye, Google Home and Nest. Hello, Google Nest.
In a move to streamline the connected home accessory lines of Alphabet Inc. sister companies Google and Nest, the new Google Nest brand has been hatched as an umbrella for...
