<description>&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On 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 Assistant with Thread-based safety sensors, a pick of the week, project updates, AI updates, and so much more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

HomeTech 564: E-ink Everything

Episode 564 - E-Ink Everything

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On 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 biggest UI update ever, Eufy promises five-year motion sensors, and Third Reality drops new Zigbee gear. Ubiquiti goes industrial with a new Cloud Gateway, Shelly leaves garage doors wide open (literally), and OpenAI picks up the founder of OpenClaw. All of this, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

HomeTech 563: Auto-Man

Episode 563 - Auto-Man

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On 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 home chip move, Apple kills the old HomeKit just in time for Valentine's 2026, and SwitchBot dreams big with AI agents and RTSP cameras in a mystery lunchbox-shaped hub. Plus: a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

HomeTech 562: Goodbye HomeKit, Hello OpenClaw

Episode 562 - Goodbye HomeKit, Hello OpenClaw

<description>&lt;p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On 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 needle." Home Assistant wants your device data (respectfully), the 8K dream is officially dead (RIP pixels), and Nice and Yubii have ecosystem updates. Plus, a new dirt-hugging soil sensor, a pick of the week, project updates, an AI bot forces Gavin to spend money, and so much more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

HomeTech 561: 8K Is Dead, Long Live Buttons

Episode 561 - 8K Is Dead, Long Live Buttons

<description>&lt;p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;On this week’s show: [Gavin as a Service](&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GavinAsAService"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@GavinAsAService&lt;/a&gt;) officially launches on YouTube and we have the exclusive! Sonos drops a new multi-zone Amp while Sony seems ready to drop the whole TV business. Amazon Sidewalk quietly infects Canada. ESPHome gets Control4 support, SwitchBot launches an AI hub with Home Assistant inside, and Zooz Z-Wave joins Apollo’s party. Seth tests drives a new AI assistant, TJ is all in again with Sonos (not really), a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

HomeTech 560: Sidewalks, SwitchBots, and Sonos Zones

Episode 560 - Sidewalks, SwitchBots, and Sonos Zones

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