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Matter Is a New Smart Home Standard to Make Apple, Google, and Amazon Devices Work Together
Apple, Amazon, and Google rarely have a reason to work together, but the companies are teaming up for a new smart home standard, now called Matter, that will make it easier for you to buy devices that work seamlessly together without thinking about it.
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The HomePod Mini Has a Secret Sensor, but Apple’s Smart Home Future Is Still Meh
When the HomePod mini launched a few months back, it appears Apple was holding out on everyone in the form of a secret temperature and humidity sensor.
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Anker’s EufyCam Is Nearly Everything I Want in a Secure Security Camera
I don’t know about you, but I’d like to be able to walk around my neighbourhood with my kid without concern that my neighbour’s camera is disseminating video of it to anyone who wants it in the area. As the owner of a camera, I don’t really want it to serve as an anchor for…
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Why Is Home Automation So Hard?
I’ve been adding a bunch of smart home devices to my home. It’s part of an ongoing experiment to see what I can do to make my life easier, my home safer and to save some money on power bills. But I’m finding that I keep hitting some roadblocks. And while I do hit the…