The Good: Music, news, weather, sports scores, timers, home automation control, math, answers to questions, jokes…Alexa has a rapidly evolving set …
Sonos Play:1 Review
The Good: The Sonos Play:1 works with virtually every streaming service available. At 6.36″ H x 4.69″ W x 4.69″ D the …
Sonos Officially Adds Apple Music Support
Today Sonos announced that they are taking Apple Music support out of beta and fully releasing it via an app …
Smart Sprinkler Controller Sale!
After Rachio announced their second generation smart sprinkler controller, Amazon has dropped the price of three of the top wifi …
Rachio Announces 2nd Gen Smart Sprinkler Controller
Rachio has long been one of my favorite smart sprinkler controllers. This week they announced their second generation sprinkler controller, …
Alexa Coming to First-gen Fire TV and Fire TV Stick
Amazon announced yesterday that it will be upgrading first generation Fire TVs and Fire TV Sticks to Android 5.1 Lollipop and …
Amazon Echo Makes Home Automation Make Sense
Right now Amazon Echo may be the most important device in home automation. Nay, it IS the most important device …
Honeywell Adds Voice Commands
I don’t dislike the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort app, but I don’t particularly like it. As I mentioned in my …
Why You Shouldn’t Buy Staples Connect
Until this morning I didn’t even know that Staples had a branded entry into the smart home field, but these …
How to Get Started with Home Automation – Part 2: Lighting
When most people think of a smart home, they think of automated lighting. Automating your lighting is probably the easiest …