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Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
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Amazon Paying $1B-Plus For Ring
Will add lineup of video doorbells and connected cameras to its smart-home repertoire
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Watch: Meet The ‘Switzerland’ Of Smart Speakers
Mycroft is readying an open-source smart speaker that it said is both more flexible and more privacy-minded than an Amazon Echo, Google Home or...
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Watch: How Brick-And-Mortar Is Crucial In Selling The Smart Home
What retailers are doing right
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21 Smart-Home Solutions To Look For In 2018
See what’s here and what’s coming for every room in the house
Audio
Digital Assistants Shake Up The Wi-Fi Speaker Market
Amazon vs. Google will play out on the CES show floor
Car Electronics
Samsung Intends To Connect Smart Homes With Cars
Will incorporate in-vehicle tech designed by Harman
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Control4 Acquires Ihiji
Intends to provide robust management service platform for smart homes
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Onion Enters Consumer Market With Oboo Smart Clock
Connected clock integrates with digital home assistants like Alexa
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The Gigabit Home: Committing To Fiber
The network needs of the near future will require a backbone beyond 10G speeds
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Home8 ActionView Kits Take Aim At The DIY Smart Home
The new line of home-security kits are geared toward consumers seeking smart-home simplicity.
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Amazon Debuts In-Home Delivery With Amazon Key
Amazon has formally introduced its Amazon Key service that will allow Prime members to authorize Amazon to unlock their door to allow in-home deliveries.
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Control4 Makes Its Case for The Kitchen
If the kitchen is the new heart of the house, and dwellings are increasingly connected, then somewhere between the fridge and countertop exists the...
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Assa Abloy To Acquire August Home
The Yale Locks’ parent is world’s largest lock & access company
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Intel To Release Developer Kit For Amazon Alexa
Intel has released a developer kit for Amazon Alexa, paving a clear path for third-party developers to integrate the voice-control technology into their products. ...
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Sengled Element Bulbs Now Compatible With Google Assistant
Sengled announced its Element smart energy-efficient LED light bulbs now offer voice control using Google Assistant. The voice commands will work with Google Assistant...
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GE-Backed FirstBuild Introduces Smart Baking Pans
Smart bakeware is now a thing. FirstBuild, a “global co-creation community” backed by Haier’s GE Appliances unit, is debuting a Precision Bakeware that notifies...
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Sony Bringing Back A Smarter Aibo Robot
Sony seems to think that you can teach an old dog new tricks, and to prove it it’s bringing back its robotic dog Aibo....
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Google Takes On Amazon Dot With New Home Mini
Google unveiled a its new lineup of retail hardware products Wednesday, led by a new Pixel 2 lineup that will compete with new smartphones...
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Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
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Amazon Whirlwind: New Echo, Plus, Spot, Connect, Fire TV Take The Stage
Amazon introduced a spate of new Echo devices and Alexa features on Wednesday, clearly determined to not simply put an Echo in every home...
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Connected Consumer Driving Home-Improvement Biz
The mood was decidedly upbeat, particularly for the custom integration crowd, at last week’s Insights Conference in Chicago, hosted by the Home Improvement Research...
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LG Completes Appliance Hook Up With Google
Four months after adding Google Assistant to its open platform, virtually all LG smart appliances are now compatible with the chatty virtual helper. LG...
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iHome Securing The Smart Home With Its New Sensors & Plugs
SDI Technologies will soon begin shipping a series of smart sensors under its iHome brand, as well as a new smart plug for use...
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How Apple’s iPhone X Can Kick-Start Smart-Home Adoption
Apple’s new iPhone X will undoubtedly be one of the most fully featured phones on the market, but its role as the new brain...
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CEDIA 2017: Sonance In Major Product Launch As iPort Taps New Niches
Dana Innovations unveiled at CEDIA its largest number of Sonance-brand custom speakers in years while the company’s iPort brand added a premium tier to...
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CEDIA 2017: Colorbeam Beaming Over Low-Voltage Lighting Potential
Colorbeam closed out its first year marketing home-wide low-voltage lighting-control systems and lights to residential and commercial A/V integrators in North America, and president...
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IFA 2017: Not To Be Outdone, Sony Debuts Its Own Smart Speaker
Sony broke both size and sound barriers with a slew of new products unveiled at IFA 2017, including a palm-sized premium compact camera and...
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LG’s IFA Focus Is On Voice Control & Robotics
LG Electronics is at IFA 2017 this week to promote its agnostic approach to the smart home. The company said it has committed to...
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IFA 2017: Polaroid Focuses On Its Hoop Home-Security Cam
PLR IP Holdings used the IFA tech show in Berlin to show off its two newest Polaroid-branded cameras on Tuesday: the Hoop wireless home-security...
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Savant Acquires Artison
Smart-home manufacturer Savant has acquired Artison, a maker of whole-home audio solutions. Savant said the deal allows it to leverage Artison’s key patents...
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Samsung Still Striving For Its Own Smart Speaker
Samsung Electronics is intent on bringing its own voice-controlled smart speaker to market, integrating its Bixby digital assistant, according to multiple reports, but delays...
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Sure To Debut Universal Remote App With Voice Command Capability At Mobile World Congress
Sure Universal, which markets a smartphone-based universal remote app, has added Amazon’s Alexa voice control to its capabilities. The company will debut the updated...
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LG, Samsung Launch Out-Of-This-World Connected Campaigns
Two of the top purveyors of smart appliances have launched new campaigns to tout their visions for the connected kitchen. For LG Electronics, the...
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Apple Debuts HomePod Smart Speaker, 10.5-Inch iPad Pro
Apple took the wraps off its first wireless smart speaker, the HomePod, at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today. It also introduced a new...