smart home
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The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets
Smart home gadgets have gotten a lot better over the past few years, and thanks to big improvements in wifi connectivity, energy efficiency, and more, it’s possible to control almost anything in your house with just your voice. Most of us are spending even more time at home recently (whether we like it or not),…
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Just Get A Damn Set-Top Box And Free Yourself Of Your TV’s Crap Software
Planned obsolescence is annoying regardless of which smart gadget you’re talking about, but it particularly grinds my gears when it comes to TVs. Sure, you don’t have to destroy your wallet for a decent 4K smart TV anymore”but I know plenty of friends and gadget nerds who do shell out for something a “˜lil nicer…
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Sonos To Roll Out Whole New App For Its Next Generation Of Speakers
The Sonos saga continues. A few months ago, the company caught some flack for sundowning its older hardware—now dubbed “legacy” products. It then quickly amended that while its oldest products would no longer receive newer features, they would still receive security updates and bug fixes. A big unanswered question, however, was how exactly would newer…
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Google Assistant: Now More Helpful Around The House And More Respectful Of Privacy
After three years of learning new tricks at CES, in 2020 Google is giving the Google Assistant some seriously useful smart home upgrades while also teaching it how to better respect your privacy.