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Smart home news, reviews, how-tos, market trends, commentary by Clinton Stark. The connected home with voice assistants Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Homekit, Sonos, home automation, smart home hubs and lights, air purifiers and wildfire air solutions for the home.

Wemo Mini Smart Plug, Wi-Fi Enabled, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit
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Smart Home News: Wemo Mini smart plug now works with Apple HomeKit

BY CLINTON STARK — 07.19.2018
Wemo today announced that its Mini Wifi Smart Plug now supports Apple HomeKit. That means you can now use your iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and…
Stringify App for Android and iPhone
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Comcast gives IoT app Stringify refreshed look, now supports Lutron Caseta devices

BY CLINTON STARK — 04.11.2018
Some good news this morning for those interested in all things smart home. Comcast this week released an updated version of its IFTTT-like app Stringify.…
Samsung SmartThings Hub - list of compatible devices
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Smart Home News: A new SmartThings app has been released in the app store

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.05.2018
Samsung Connect is now SmartThings. SmartThings is now SmartThings Classic. Got it?
Smart Home News: Google Home now supports Spotify Free music streaming
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Smart Home News: “Hey Google, wake me up to some jazz in 30 minutes”

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.02.2018
Okay Google, wake me up in 30 minutes to some funky jazz. And there you go. You can now use ask Google Home to wake…
Apple HomePod
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Amazon soars, Alphabet & Apple falter – Are earnings an indication of Alexa’s momentum?

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.01.2018
“Alexa, take a victory lap.” Amazon stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) soared today in after-hours trading thanks to Q4 results that blew away expectations. Short of it:…
Pebble 2 Review
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Um, no: “Pebble is dead and hardware buttons are going with it”

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.29.2018
“Pebble is dead and hardware buttons are going with it” So says The Verge. Normally I agree with what most of their writers have to…
EVEConnect for Tesla now supports Insteon devices
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Tesla owners can now control Insteon devices from the touchscreen

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2018
Tesla owners continue to get all the goodies. In this case, Insteon. This week the company announced its smart home devices can now be controlled…
Google Home Mini sales help propel market share in smart speaker race against Amazon
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Trendspotting: Mini helps Google Home reach 31% share of smart speaker market

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2018
In the battle for the home, price does matter.
Android Wear 2.0
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I/O 2018: Will Google finally reveal new version of Wear?

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.24.2018
Google’s annual I/O developer conference will once again be held at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View. The three day event, per the geekiest of…
Apple HomePod
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Apple HomePod a tough sell especially without multi-room music

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.23.2018
You have to really, really love Apple (and Apple Music!) for the HomePod to be a smarter buyer than the reasonably priced alternatives from Amazon…

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