HomeTech.fm
by Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, & Seth Johnson
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Episode 597 - Ring (Finally) Takes Flight
Episode 597 - Ring (Finally) Takes Flight
About this podcast
The HomeTech Podcast features news, opinions, insights, and advice on all things Smart Home | Co-Hosted by Home Automation Pros Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, & Seth Johnson
Episodes
The newest 50 of 597 episodes
- Episode 597 - Ring (Finally) Takes Flight · 1 h 8 min · Episode 597Home Assistant 2026.11, Ring’s flying camera, and UniFi cloud storage lead a packed week with Flic, Unraid, Firewalla, and Apollo news.
- Episode 596 - Claude Bricked My Car · 42 min · Episode 596Amazon’s Echo lineup gets a big refresh, Sonos launches a new voice assistant test, and Home Assistant adds Matter cameras.
- Episode 595 - Taking Back the TVs · 1 h 22 min · Episode 595Sony may be exiting UHD Blu-ray players, while Home Assistant absorbs HACS and Ubiquiti pushes deeper into Thread.
- Episode 594 - Happy Foldy Friday · 57 min · Episode 594TP-Link faces more router drama, Shelly adds mmWave, and Withings puts third-party health data syncing behind a paywall.
- Episode 593 - Just Crank It · 1 h 34 min · Episode 593Apple’s new HomeView smart display leads the week, alongside Ring’s hand-powered lock and Anthropic’s warning about future AI powered bots invading your home.
- Episode 592 - The Theme is Updates · 49 min · Episode 592Google Home voice upgrades, UniFi Protect gets a big update, and what new devices will Apple release next week?
- Episode 591 - Schneider buys Shelly · 56 min · Episode 591Schneider moves to buy Shelly, Apple’s "HomePad" nears launch, and Disney hikes prices again.
- Episode 590 - Hacking the Echo Dot · 48 min · Episode 590Smart TV privacy, Matter gets Groupcast, and new Home Assistant integrations lead this week’s home tech roundup.
- Episode 589 - A Person Living in Your Doorbell · 1 h 27 min · Episode 589Apple’s foldable iPhone arrives, LG denies TV snooping claims, and Google opens Google Home to third-party AI agents.
- Episode 588 - CEDIA and IFA 2026 · 1 h 50 min · Episode 588TiVo paywalls skipping commercials, LG TVs face serious privacy claims, and Sonos stops its apology tour and gets back to work.
- Episode 587 - CEDIA 2026, Hacked Cameras, and the $80 Echo Dot · 1 h 16 min · Episode 587It's CEDIA time again, Sonos teases a new soundbar, and Amazon hikes device prices.
- Episode 586 - Distracted by Paperclips · 1 h 7 min · Episode 586Petlibro’s feeder outage, Comcast’s router motion sensing, and a video message for Gavin.
- Episode 585 - Bad Gavin, Smart Donut · 1 h 6 min · Episode 585CEDIA 2026 preview, a nasty Google Home iOS lights bug, and OpenAI's entry in the smart home could be a Johnny Ive designed "donut"
- Episode 584 - First, They Came for the Robot Vacuums · 1 h 30 min · Episode 584FCC robot ban may block future robot vacuums, while Apple’s smart home hub inches closer and Roku hikes streamer prices.
- Episode 583 - OpenAI Wants In, Nice Wants Out · 1 h 21 min · Episode 583OpenAI’s rumored AI home device, Nice skipping CEDIA 2026, and the "Kings of TV" are announced
- Episode 582 - Which Switch is Which? · 1 h 24 min · Episode 582Apple paywalls AI Home camera features, IKEA updates Matter, and Sonos Lays Off Their UI Team
- Episode 581 - YOLO Updates · Episode 581Apple raises Apple Home hub prices, Samsung starts charging for SmartThings API access, and Matter might finally start mattering.
- Episode 580 - Gemini in the House · 1 h 16 min · Episode 580Google launches its Gemini speaker, Schlage ships a UWB lock, and Matter 1.6 aims to make smart homes less annoying.
- Episode 579 - Roku is FOX'd · 1 h 3 min · Episode 579Alexa+ launches across Canada, Fox moves to buy Roku, and ADI layoffs raise Control4 questions.
- Episode 578 - Furry Friend Detection · 1 h 21 min · Episode 578Apple WWDC Updates, Echo Hub makeover, and Google teaches Nest cams to recognize your pets.
- Episode 577 - eero Phone Home · Episode 577On this week’s show: SwitchBot flips the switch on Nanoleaf, eero dials back to the landline era with a new Telephone Adapter, Home Assistant welcomes Sensereo’s smoke and CO…
- Episode 576 - Scream. Trip. Run. · Episode 576On this week's show: We talk TV (shows), Govee is shelf shocked, Linkind launches a fiery new Matter bulb, Bell wants your internet unstoppable with mobile and UPS backups…
- Episode 575 - Gunk Tank · Episode 575On this week's show: Google I/O 2026 is all about agentic AI and Search that answers before you ask, Homey hikes hardware prices and Plex triples its Lifetime Pass price, Hubitat…
- Episode 574 - Backdoors, Bots, and Baby Monitors · Episode 574On this week’s show: Ubiquiti doubles down with a new UniFi NVR and a major Protect 7.1 update, Unraid ditches the USB stick (finally) with internal boot, and smart vacuums are…
- Episode 573 - Slothbot · Episode 573On this week's show: TJ gets ready to head to Canada, Apple pays for promising too much from Siri, ULTRALOQ goes tap-to-unlock with Aliro, and Homebridge 2.0 finally speaks…
- Episode 572 - The Self-Care Chair · Episode 572On this week's show: Walmart’s Vizio TVs can’t stream without an account, La‑Z‑Boy gets loud with Klipsch‑powered furniture, and Govee keeps lighting up everything from ceilings…
- Episode 571 - SkeetVac · Episode 571On this week's show: Alexa+ learns Italian while Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick gets slimmer and smarter, Netgear dodges a router ban, Ecovacs blasts stains with cleaning jets, and…
- Episode 570 - The Gift and the Curse · Episode 570On this week's show: Google finally lets Workspace users into the Google Home party, Aqara keeps busy with new hubs, thermostats, and sensors, Samsung trims the price tag on its…
- Episode 569 - Ring Goes 4K, Home Assistant Goes '95 · Episode 569On this week's show: Ring launches 4K video doorbells and a whole developer portal while Ubiquiti sends AI to the edge with a new series UniFi G6 cameras. Reolink shines bright…
- Episode 568 - Smart Home, Dumb Ads · Episode 568On this week's show: Josh.ai takes smart homes to a whole new level of language learning, Amazon’s Alexa+ crosses the pond with a serious accent, Telus launches an all-Canadian…
- Episode 567 - Wago Matters · Episode 567On this week’s show: UniFi drops Protect 7.0 with customizable dashboards, smarter event review, local AI image search, and a $4,999 Enterprise NVR Core to store all that…
- Episode 566 - Peculiar Projects · Episode 566On this week’s show: iRobot comes back from bankruptcy with a tiny Roomba Mini that won’t launch in the US, Homey adds Python support to open the app floodgates, Sonos launches a…
- Episode 565 - Shark Sees Stains · Episode 565On this week’s show: Sonos accidentally leaks the Play, and UniFi drops a WiFi 7 U7 Mesh with big range claims. Aqara adds Samsung Home Key as Aliro finally becomes real, Shark’s…
- Episode 564 - E-Ink Everything · Episode 564On this week’s show: Google Home lets you delete its pre-made routines, Sonos shows profit but not growth, IKEA’s leaked Matter light driver, Heiman joins Works with Home…
- Episode 563 - Auto-Man · Episode 563On this week’s show: Ring’s Super Bowl ad fallout keeps getting worse as Search Party, Flock, Axon, and leaked emails raise bigger surveillance questions, Fire TV gets its…
- Episode 562 - Goodbye HomeKit, Hello OpenClaw · Episode 562On this week's show: Ring’s Super Bowl ad creeps everyone out with AI dog-finding (and maybe people-tracking) technology, TI drops $7.5 billion on Silicon Labs in a bold smart…
- Episode 561 - 8K Is Dead, Long Live Buttons · Episode 561On this week’s show: Control4 previews shiny new touchscreens and subscriptions, Google Home finally wakes up to buttons, and Ikea’s Matter devices can’t seem to "Thread the…
- Episode 560 - Sidewalks, SwitchBots, and Sonos Zones · Episode 560On this week’s show: Gavin as a Service officially launches on YouTube, Sonos drops a new multi-zone Amp while Sony seems ready to drop the whole TV business. Amazon Sidewalk…
- Episode 559 - What Happens in Vegas... Ends Up in Our Podcast · Episode 559On this week's show: Josh.ai and Control4 settle but at a cost —voice control stays, but touchscreens and remotes get benched. CES 2026 brings a flurry of floor interviews…
- Episode 558 - CES 2026 · Episode 558On this week's show: CES 2026 gave us everything from refrigerators with ads and humanoid laundry bots to pool cleaners smarter than your thermostat. Amazon and Samsung double…
- Episode 557 - CES Live - Apollo Automation Monthly Livestream · Episode 557On this week's show: Live from CES! The HomeTech team joined Justin and Kyle on the Apollo Automation monthly livestream on in Las Vegas at CES 2026. We had a great time and…
- Episode 556 - Too Sucky to Fail · Episode 556On this week's show: iRobot vacuums up a bankruptcy filing and is scooped up by Picea, Apollo launches a new four-button mini-keyboard, Shelly drops a new all-in-one smart plug…
- Episode 555 - The 11th Annual Technology.fm Fireside Chat · Episode 555The 11th annual Technology.fm Fireside Chat brings together a group of smart home podcasters for a year-end roundtable on the biggest developments of the past year. Richard…
- Episode 554 - Garage Door Drama (Again) · Episode 554On this week's show: Chamberlain locks down garage integrations (again), Doma reinvents the smart door with a motor and facial recognition, Homey Pro gets a RAM boost, Firewalla…
- Episode 553 - Catching up with Apollo Automation's Justin Bunton · Episode 553On this week’s show: We catch up with Apollo Automation's Justin Bunton to talk about their new H-2 Annual Holiday Ornament, Kohler’s toilet cam raises privacy questions despite…
- Episode 552 - A Rilla Big Dilla · Episode 552On this week's show: UniFi bridges the gap with new wireless gear, Alexa+ finally heads north to Canada (except for Gavin), Matter 1.5 adds long-awaited camera support, Josh.ai…
- Episode 551 - Fingerprints, Floods, & Futureproofing · Episode 551On this week's show: Ring thinks AI can stop crime (what could go wrong?), Zigbee 4.0 goes the distance with Suzi, Shelly rolls out a giant snake of a leak sensor, Home Assistant…
- Episode 550 - Toilet-Tech · Episode 550On this week’s show: The Louvre proves bad passwords can be priceless, Ring tries to silence your doorbell’s chatter with a smarter alert, Ikea goes all-in on Matter over Thread…
- Episode 549 - Smart Candles and Electric Tacos · Episode 549On this week’s show: TP-Link might be banned, is 4K even worth buying? SwitchBot drops smart candles, Wyze has a new doorbell, Sofabaton has a new remote, letters from the…
- Episode 548 - A Sudden Increase in Raccoons · Episode 548On this week's show: AWS takes down smart beds in the middle of the night, Husqvarna gives robot lawnmowers night vision, Roku adds AI to your channel surfing, and Unifi shows…
