Extreme smart home makeover
The Vergecast
Setting constraints for a smart-home overhaul
David explains house rules: no cameras, dual iPhone/Pixel household, limited remodeling, willingness to use two assistants, and voice control preference.
David has a new house, and no idea what to do with it. So he taps The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy to help him make the place a lot smarter. Jen and David go room by room, figuring out how to improve everything from his lighting to his fridge to his front door. Some of the decisions are easy, like betting on Matter. Some are more complicated: what do you do when you have a split household between Android and iOS? Some are downright existential — how much would you spend for a better cup of coffee? Jen has ideas, and a vast set of product recommendations as well.
- Kitchen:
- Fridge - Bosch 100 Series
- I found the first Matter smart fridge
- Samsung
- Bosh Home Connect app
- Echo Show 8/11
- Echo Show 15
- Echo Dot Max
- Thermomix
- My smart kitchen: the good, the bad, and the future
- GE Profile Nugget Ice maker
- Typhur Dome 2 air fryer
- Instant Pot Pro
- Bosch 800 Series Coffee Machine
- Living Room
- FireTV Omni
- FireTV Stick with voice remote
- Inovelli smart switches
- Philips Hue essentials bulbs
- Philips Hue lights get bigger, brighter, and cheaper with a major product refresh
- Philips Hue Bridge Pro / Motion Aware
- Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors
- Ikea Bilresa Buttons
- Lutron Caseta
- SmartWings shades
- Sonos / Hue
- Bedroom:
- Philips Hue Twilight
- Fall into smarter lighting
- Switchbot Air Purifier table
- AIDot WeLov Air Purifiers
- Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor
- Ikea Alpstuga air quality monitor
- Belkin Boost Charge Pro Echo Spot
- Big Ass Fans
- Office Basement:
- Philips Hue downlights
- Nanoleaf downlights
- Nanoleaf Blocks
- Nanoleaf Skylight
- Sense Plus Switch
- Nanoleaf launches a smart switch after eight years of trying
- Govee Floor lamp
- Philips Hue Floor Lamp
- Nanoleaf Floor Lamp
- Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror
- Gardyn Studio Gen 2
- Aqara Smart Lock U300 Lever Lock
- Garden
- Hue Festavia Globe Outdoor Lights
- Nanoleaf String Lights
- Lifx String lights
- Eve Aqua
- Apollo PLT-1 indoor plant multisensor
- Others:
- All Ikea’s new stuff
- Shelly Relays
- Third Reality Zigbee sensors
- Zooz Z-Wave sensors
- Eve Energy smart plug
- Home Assistant
- The little smart home platform that could
- Home Assistant Green
- Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1
- Home Assistant Z-Wave
- Home Assistant Energy Management
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