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Swann Dives Into The Smart Home Pool
Santa Fe Springs, Calif. — Swann’s long-awaited entry into the home-automation market has arrived with the retail availability of the app-controlled SwannOne home-security ecosytem....
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Thread-Certified Home Automation Products Seen In Late 2015
San Ramon, Calif. – The Nest-led Thread Group expects the first Thread-certified home-automation products to be available to consumers late this year now that...
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Target Testing IoT Waters With Connected Concept Shop
Updated! San Francisco — Target will open a concept house here this Friday that showcases 35 connected devices within a sparse, sci-fi-like setting. The...
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Ecobee’s HomeKit Thermostat Hits Retail
Toronto, Canada – Smart-thermostat maker ecobee is selling through Apple stores for the first time with the launch of a HomeKit-certified version of its...
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TiO Takes Training On The Road
Melbourne, Fla. — Anuva Automation, the maker of TiO (Turn it On) building-automation products, is taking training on the road for the first time...
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Atlona Ships HDCP 2.2-Compliant HDMI Matrix Switchers
San Jose, Calif. –AV connectivity solutions provider Atlona is now shipping its AT-UHD-PRO3-88M 8×8 and AT-UHD-PRO3-66M 6×6, the company’s first HDMI to HDBaseT matrix...
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MiPow Expanding Bluetooth LED-Light Selection
Milpitas, Calif. – Startup MiPow will expand its selection of Bluetooth-controlled Playbulb LED lights with the July shipment of the $39 Garden, a solar-charging...
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Myfox Rolls Out DIY Security System
Campbell, Calif. –French company Myfox rolled outs its first DIY security system for the U.S. market through www.getmyfox.com and through select U.S. retailers. The...
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We Have More HomeKit Prices, Availability Details
New York – Three companies that announced plans a year ago to market Apple HomeKit-certified home-automation products have now revealed pricing and availability plans....
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Millennials Embrace The Smart Home
Port Washington, N.Y. –Millennials are more aware of home automation products and more interested in buying them than the population as a whole, an...
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Curb Readies Energy-Monitoring System
Austin, Texas – Startup Curb plans September availability of an energy-monitoring system that connects to a home’s circuit-breaker box to monitor energy usage by...
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Flow Of Home-Automation Products Continues
New York – New do-it-yourself home-automation products continued to flow unabated into the market in recent days as iLuv expanded its selection, Google’s Nest...
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Nest Family Gets An Upgrade
Palo Alto, Calif. — Nest Labs leveraged the fruits of its Google parent and its Dropcam acquisition with the launch of a new security...
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Kwikset Adds Touchscreen Door Lock
Lake Forest, Calif. — Kwikset launched its first stand-alone touchscreen-equipped electronic deadbolt, which joins a model that integrates with home-automation systems and is sold...
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Lowe’s Iris Eyes Its Next Look
Mick Koster was recently appointed VP/general manager of Lowe’s Iris smart home division to upgrade the current Iris system with new products, services and...
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iLuv Adds Smart LED Bulb
Port Washington, N.Y. – iLuv tossed its hat into the home-automation ring with the shipment of Bluetooth-controlled multicolor LED light bulbs. The $39.99-suggested Rainbow7...
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Tado Brings Smartphone Control To Air Conditioners
Munich, Germany – Tado arrived in the U.S. with a $199 Smart AC Control system that enables smartphone control of in-wall and in-window air...
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Alarm.com Turns TV Into Security Monitor
Vienna, Va. – Home-automation service provider Alarm.com is using Amazon’s FireTV settop box and FireTV HDMI stick to display HD video from up to...
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iHome Readies HomeKit Smart Plug
Rahway, N.J. – iHome’s first HomeKit-certified product, a $39.99 smart plug, will be available for preorder June 15 at iHome.com , with retail availability expected...
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Insteon Enters HomeKit Arena
Irvine, Calif. — Insteon began offering its first Apple Home-Kit certified home-automation hub exclusively through Amazon.com and Smarthome.com at $149 and will make the product available through...
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Apple HomeKit-Certified Products Arrive
Coopersburg, Pa. – The first “Works With Apple HomeKit” products hit stores shelves today with the launch of Lutron’s Caséta Wireless Lighting Starter Kits...
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Android TVs Turn Into Home-Automation Hubs
Voorhees, N.J. — Enblink is turning Android TV-powered devices into home-automation hubs. The $89 Enblink USB device previously turned only Google TV-powered devices into...
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Alarm.com Prepares For IPO
Vienna, Va. —Alarm.com, which sells monitored security and home-automation services through security specialists and systems integrators, announced plans to go public but hasn’t yet...
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Logitech Hub Adds More Home-Automation Functions
Newark, Calif. – Logitech plans this month to issue a free firmware update that will transform its previous-generation Ultimate Harmony Hub, designed mainly to...
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Logitech Expands Harmony Hub Connections
Newark, Calif. –A firmware update from Logitech upgrades the company’s Harmony home-control systems to integrate with Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm and Rheem...
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Ecoisme Aims To Simplify Smart Energy Management
Krakow, Poland — Another smart-home energy-management system is hitting the crowdfunding circuit this month, this one designed with extreme simplicity in mind. The Ecoisme...
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Vivint Knocks On Wi-Fi Doorbell Market
Provo, Utah — Vivint, the direct-to-consumer supplier of professionally installed security and home-automation systems, expanded its Sky smart-home system to include a doorbell camera....
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Denon Adapts Heos Technology For Custom
Mahwah, N.J. – Denon is adapting its Heos wireless multiroom-audio technology for use in installed multiroom-audio systems. The company plans July shipments of the...
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LG, ADT In Pact To Offer DIY Home Automation
Boca Raton, Fla. – LG is teaming up with ADT Corp. to enter the U.S. do-it-yourself home-automation market this year. ADT currently offers installed...
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Zonoff Automation System Connects To Nest, Bose
Malvern, Pa. – Zonoff has integrated control of the Nest Learning Thermostat and Bose’s SoundTouch wireless multiroom-audio system into its DIY white-label home-control and...
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Ring Rolls Out Video Doorbell To Best Buy
Santa Monica, Calif. – Startup Ring expanded distribution of its $199 Wi-Fi Video Doorbell to 434 Best Buy stores in 50 states and unveiled...
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Osram Sylvania Expands Lightify Line
New York — Osram Sylvania went to the Lightfair trade show here to expand its Lightify selection of ZigBee-equipped smart LED lighting products controllable...
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TiO Updates Wireless Home Automation System
Melbourne, Fla. – Wireless home-automation supplier Anuva Automation has updated the OS for its TiO (Turn it On) wireless home-control system and unveiled a...
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Comcast Home Automation System Opens Up
Philadelphia — Comcast is opening up its monitored-security/home-automation system to operate with devices from a wide variety of home-automation brands. The company’s Xfinity Home...
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WeMo, Cree In Strategic Alliance
Playa Vista, Calif. – Belkin’s WeMo home-automation brand continues to expand the range of home products that can be controlled from its WeMo app,...
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GreenIQ Irrigation Hub Goes Retail
Petah-Tikva, Israel –Internet of Things (IoT) startup GreenIQ has opened up distribution to HomeDepot.com to supplement direct sales of its first product, a $249...
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Belkin Upgrades WeMo Lighting, Reduces Price
Playa Vista, Calif. — Belkin reduced the price of its WeMo smart LED light bulbs and upgraded its WeMo lighting-control app, which now enables...
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Control4 Adds HDCP 2.2 Matrix Switches
Salt Lake City — Control4 unveiled its first 4K UHD matrix switchers that support HDCP 2.2 copy-protected 4K content over their HDMI 2.0 inputs...
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Insteon Adds Home Control From Apple Watch
Irvine, Calif. – Consumers will be able to control Insteon home-automation systems from an Apple Watch available in the iTunes Store, the company announced....
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Fantem Redesigns Sensor, Controller For Oomi Home-Automation System
Chicago – Fantem restarted its Indiegogo fundraising campaign after redesigning the touchscreen controller and multisensor for its Oomi home-automation system, which incorporates Z-Wave and...
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Netgear Plugs Into HomePlug AV2
San Jose, Calif. – Netgear shipped its first powerline-network adapter incorporating the HomePlug AV2 standard, which doubles the speed of the Home Plug AV...
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Home Automation Extends Its Reach
New York – Home automation extended its reach with announcements by appliance maker Miele, Bosch Security Systems and DIY home-automation supplier Insteon. Miele developed...