Home Automation
iDevices Acquired By Hubbell
iDevices, the seven-year-old smart-home company and creator of the iGrill, has been acquired by Hubbell, a $3.4 billion global manufacturer of electrical, lighting and...
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Moni Simplifies Smart-Home Security With Interactive Kiosk
Moni (formerly Monitronics), a Dallas-based home security alarm monitoring company, has introduced what it described as a first-of-its-kind interactive kiosk meant to make smart-home...
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Most Consumers Plan To Buy A Smart-Home Device In The Next 2 Years: Study
More than half of U.S. consumers plan to buy a smart-home device in the next two years, and of those who already own one,...
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Moni Adds Qolsys IQ Home Security/Smart Home Control Panel
Moni has introduced an all-in-one security and smart home control panel to its smart home security portfolio. The Qolsys IQ Panel 2 has a...
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Logitech Links Harmony Line With Google Home
Logitech’s Harmony hub-based devices are now compatible with Google Assistant, providing voice control for the Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub within the...
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Consumers With Smart-Home Devices Are More Satisfied With Their Smartphones: J.D. Power
The smart home is driving smartphone satisfaction, not the other way around, according to recent findings from J.D. Power. And while Apple took first...
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Amazon’s Alexa Comes To The iPhone
Siri is welcoming a friend to the iPhone: Alexa. iPhone users can now make use of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, although they will need...
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Lowe’s Beefs Up Iris With Halo Addition
Lowe’s has expanded its Iris smart-home system to include integration with Halo smoke alarms. Iris users can now add the Halo and Halo+ smoke...
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Yale Smart Locks Offer Amazon Alexa Compatibility
Yale Locks & Hardware has joined the Alexa roster. Yale announced that its Yale Real Living deadbolts and levers with Z-Wave or ZigBee are...
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Savant Refocuses On Luxury Market Under Bob Madonna
Last week, Savant released details about its new 4K60 4:4:4 HDR video distribution system, the company’s first major product announcement since founder Robert Madonna...
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Smart-Home Product Dollar Sales Grew 57% In 2016
Networked video cameras most common device Smart-home product U.S. dollar sales grew 57 percent in 2016 vs. the prior year, according to a recent...
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Amazon Offering Free In-Home IoT Consults
Amazon has launched a free in-home consulting service to extend its beachhead in smart home. Leveraging its ubiquitous Alexa personal digital assistant platform, the...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Belkin Wemo Dimmer Switch
With the Wemo Dimmer, users can control lights from whatever is easiest — their phone, voice, through rules or the device itself. A Night...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: LG Air Purifier PuriCare 360
The LG Air Purifier PuriCare features an aesthetic that’s meant to complements virtually any room décor, and boasts a 360-degree design that drastically purifies...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: iHome iSP8 SmartPlug With Remote Control & Power Monitoring
The new iSP8 SmartPlug extends the iHome Control family by adding a remote control. Turn on or off any small appliance (up to 1800...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: Samsung FlexWash+FlexDry
The FlexWash + FlexDry laundry system is designed to be flexible enough to fit any family’s laundry style. The FlexWash features one small top...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: LG Flat 65-inch Super UHD 4K TV With HDR Super & Smart Home (65SJ8000)
The new 65-inch Super UHD TV (65SJ8000) supports LG’s enhanced webOS 3.5 smart TV platform, which connects the TV with numerous home appliances, offering...
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TWICE Picks Award Winner: iDevices Socket
The iDevices Socket allows you to screw any standard light bulb into the iDevices Socket for immediate connectivity. Users can control the power and...
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Securifi’s Almond 3 Aims To Make Mesh Networking Affordable (And Foolproof)
Five-year-old consumer router resource Securifi hopes to bring mesh and connected-home technology to the masses with its latest iteration, the Almond 3 smart-home Wi-Fi...
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Sony, Google Home Get Hitched
Google Home users can now stream music and video to several models of new and existing Chromecast built-in Sony speakers and Android TV Sony...
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Room At Wynn’s Inn For Alexa
Guests at Steve Wynn’s Wynn Las Vegas casino may find themselves sharing a room with an unexpected guest next month. That’s when the hotel...
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Audyssey Unveils Enhanced Far-Field Voice-Recognition Technology
Audyssey has unveiled eVR, a suite of audio technologies that can be licensed by manufacturers to enable far-field voice recognition in CE products that...
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Staples’ Easy Button Now Really Works Thanks To Watson
Watch out Amazon Dash: You’re not the only button in town anymore. Geared toward small-business owners, Staples unveiled one of its signature red Easy...
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EZViz Welcomes Smart-Cam Trio
EZViz continues its growth into the connected home with three new smart-home security cameras, all geared toward different consumers. The company has also updated...
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Emerson Wins J.D. Power’s 1st Smart-Thermostat Customer Satisfaction Ratings Report
Emerson and its Sensi Wi-Fi- smart thermostat — not Nest — took top honors in J.D. Power’s inaugural “2016 Smart Thermostat Satisfaction Report.” The...
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GE Adds Dishwashers To Amazon Dash Contingent
GE Appliances, an early adherent of Amazon’s Dash automatic reordering system, has added dishwashers to its laundry list of compliant products. The benefit: GE’s connected...
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TWICE/CSS Survey: Security Is Smart-Home Entry Point For Shoppers
Home security is the primary connected-product category that initially brings smart-home shoppers into stores, retail sales associates report. According to an exclusive new survey,...
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Google Furthers Smart-Home Ecosystem With New Product Line
With the availability of Google’s new smart-home hub, the company has marked its “move from mobile-first to AI-first,” stated CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Assistant,...
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GE Appliances Adds Voice Control Via Amazon Alexa
GE Appliances, which has collaborated with Amazon on its Dash automated replenishment system, has tapped into the e-tailer’s technology yet again. Effective this month,...
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TWICE/CCS Survey: Security Trumps Price As Consumers’ Chief Smart-Home Concern
With data breaches and hacked email servers making headlines, it should come as no surprise that personal data security is the No. 1 concern...
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CEDIA 2016: Crestron Adds Alexa To Its Smart-Home Roster
Custom home automation and control supplier Crestron is the latest company to incorporate Amazon’s Alexa smart voice assistant into its products. Crestron-certified installers will...
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Amazon Debuts Cheaper Dot That’s Better At Talking With Alexa
Amazon has improved its portable Echo Dot device, shaving a few millimeters off the top and dropping the price down to $49.99. It also...
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CEDIA 2016: URC Offers MX HomePro Smart-Home System
URC is introducing a new a new Cloud-based smart-home control system for the CEDIA channel. MX HomePro offers users one-touch control of home entertainment...
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IFA: Philips’ Hue Motion Detector Turns On Light Bulbs When You Walk Into A Room
Next month, Philips will start shipping its new Hue smart-bulb motion detector, which will allow consumers to control their Philips Hue smart bulbs by...
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Capitol Spotlights Connected Home At CEDIA 2016
Installer-focused distributor Capitol is focusing on the connected home market at this year’s CEDIA. Video will be one of the most prevalent categories in...
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LG Expands SmartThinQ Ecosystem To Include Amazon’s Alexa
LG expanded its smart-home ecosystem at IFA, announcing a series of partnerships that were highlighted by cooperation with Amazon to allow voice control of...
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Swann Smartens Up Its Home Security With Smart-Series
Swann is getting a little smarter about home security. The company, which entered the home-automation market last year, took the wraps off its new...
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Huawei Joins ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors
Huawei is the latest technology giant to join the ZigBee Alliance at the Promoter level and be named to the board of directors. The...
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Lowe’s And Alexa Are Now A Thing
Lowe’s has welcomed Amazon into its Iris family of home-automation products with open arms. The No. 2 home improvement chain has joined the growing...
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Best Buy Builds Connected Home Demo In Mall Of America
For the next three weeks Best Buy is calling Minnesota’s Mall of America home, or rather Tech Home. That’s the name given the multi-room,...
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Video Security Cameras: Project Nursery HD Baby Monitor
TWICE VIP Award 2016 Winner! The Project Nursery Baby Monitor includes both a 5-inch HD monitoring unit and a compact mini-monitor with a 1.5-inch...
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Home Automation Hubs: Savant Pro 8.0 Remote
TWICE VIP Award 2016 Winner! The Savant Pro 8.0 Remote is the latest in the line for Savant Pro homeowners, and offers full control...