Goodbye HomePod, Sonos at Beach, and Hue Smart Home Bars

Hi, Hope all is well! Getting the sense of spring in the air, the days are getting longer and weather is pretty okay here for the past few days. A short week with St. Paddy’s Day last Wednesday, so back to normality on Monday again! Plus kids are als...

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Mar 21, 2021
Smart Home Bacteria! X-Box, Bad Weather, and IKEA!

Hiya, Hope all is good, wherever you are in the world, all well here, the weather has been miserable all week, however, did get delivery of our new Tesla this week! and looking forward to learning how the new toy will integrate with our various smart...

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Mar 14, 2021
Thread Smart Home Devices Overview

Smart devices must be able to exchange information with one another in a connected world continually. To achieve this, they need to communicate through a common language, i.e., communication protocols. Protocols entail how signals are sent between de...

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Mar 02, 2021
Smart Home Cuckoos ? Ring Doorbell Birds and More

Hiya, Happy Sunday everyone, welcome to our weekly digest of smart home stories, grab a coffee or tea and enjoy! Virtual Smart Home Perimeters Geofencing is a major pillar of any smart home and guess who has added this functionality? Ring! Yes, they...

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Feb 28, 2021
Smart Home Laboratories, Walls & More ?

Good valentine’s morning, lots of wind and rain outside today here in Ireland, let’s hope it improves later! ? Smart Home Laboratory Looks like the Smart Home Hub grandpappy has added some lab functionality to its app. The new SmartThings feature is...

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Feb 14, 2021
Video Doors, UWB, and Smart Home Glitches

Good morning everybody; things are pretty good over here in Ireland, the vaccine rollout is starting to progress, which should hopefully improve things for everyone. On the smart home front, it has been a relatively busy week in terms of new stuff an...

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Feb 07, 2021
Outside HomeKit & Smart Home Dogs

Good morning everybody; hope all is well. ……All great here, our second-youngest is 12 today, so big day planned! Also, just finished charging the Ring gen 2 doorbell, so need to re-attach to the bracket later this morning. Otherwise, that’s it, enjoy...

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Jan 31, 2021
?Google Home Guests and TP-LInk Smart Homes

Good morning everybody; hope all is well. Grabbed three smart home stories this week that I thought might be of interest, enjoy and touch base again next Sunday. Google Guests ?‍?‍? Privacy is big nowadays, particularly when it comes to smart speaker...

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Jan 24, 2021