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On this week's show: Apple’s smart home plans keep leaking from every direction, with LG-branded locks, doorbells, thermostats, and cameras rumored alongside Apple selling Aqara’s new thermostat; Google Home gets better at hearing you over the chaos; Amazon quietly takes away Alexa aux voice control; UniFi Protect 7.3 squeezes more history out of your storage; Inovelli’s roadmap starts moving again; Home Assistant renames Cloud to Link because, well, “cloud” has baggage; a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Apple and LG team up on new smart home gear, starting with a lock, doorbell, and thermostat
Apple’s Smart Home Push Could Include Doorbell, Thermostat and Cameras | iPhone in Canada
Apple now sells Aqara’s new Adaptive Temperature thermostat and more accessories
HomeTech HeadlinesGoogle Home speakers can now hear you better
Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore
Introducing Protect 7.3
Inovelli 2026: Q3 Update!
Z-Wave 800 Series Button Controller + Dimmer Switch | Project Walt
Home Assistant renames Home Assistant Cloud to Link
Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we’re renaming ours
A Code of Conduct for AI in the Home

Emporia Vue 3 Home Energy Monitor
RoomSync for Home Assistant App - App Store

On this week's show: Schneider Electric wants Shelly, Apple’s smart home hub may finally be real, Amazon refreshes the Fire TV Stick 4K, Disney raises streaming prices because apparently doubling profits wasn’t enough, ULTRALOQ rolls out new Matter and Aliro-ready locks, Home Assistant’s latest beta overhauls maps, and the local-control crowd keeps cooking with June oven and Roborock cloud-escape projects. We also hit some custom-install gear from Crestron and NextLevel, a weird little Pro-Ject streaming amp, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Shelly Group Has Entered Into an Investment Agreement With Schneider Electric on the intended Voluntary Public Takeover supported by the founders | Shelly Group
Report: Anthropic Lost $42 Billion in 2025, Will Spend $518 Billion in Coming Years
HomeTech HeadlinesApple's smart home hub could arrive next month - Engadget
Amazon unveils a thinner and faster Fire TV Stick 4K, plus a new remote - Engadget
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
ULTRALOQ Launches New Smart Lock Collection Including ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission, Bolt Pro and Latch 5 Pro
Wireless Box E – Pro-Ject Audio Systems
NextLevel Acoustics Mantelbar Integrates Fireplace Audio
Crestron Home OS 4.12 Adds Multiview for Multiple Video Sources
Anker's new eufy S4 video doorbell sees everything with 360-degree AI tracking
The June oven could live on
From the selfhosted community on Reddit: Self-host your own Roborock cloud without rooting or hardware modification
Technical Writeup - Roborock Local Server

Home Assistant 2026.10 Beta: You are here 📍
Tesla, Home Assistant, ESPHome and Smarter Automation with Gavin Campbell – HGG690
Droplet: Smart Home Water Sensor

On this week's show: your smart TV is probably spying on you, so we talk through what to turn off and why “just don’t connect it” keeps sounding smarter; Matter 1.6.1 finally locks in Groupcast to help grouped devices act like a group; a local Sofabaton integration gives Home Assistant users more remote-control fun; Crestron and Hubitat get a pro-friendly upgrade; D-Tools says the CI market is growing and also very much not growing, depending on who you ask; plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
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HomeTech HeadlinesThere are ways to protect yourself from your spying TV
Sofabaton X: local Home Assistant integration for the X1, X1S and X2
Crestron-Hubitat Integration Driver Gets a Major v2 Upgrade
D-Tools 2026 Midyear Report Finds Widening Performance Gap in CI Channel
Matter 1.6.1 finalizes Groupcast and adds chime sound controls

Home Gadget Geeks - The Average Guy Network
GitHub - loryanstrant/HA-CustomComponentMonitor: Reports on whether you are using your Home Assistant custom components

On this week's show: CEDIA’s first-timer list hints at where custom integration is heading next, Sonos teases a new soundbar, Control4 gets new Google Home and Google TV integrations, Wyze builds privacy right into a $40 indoor cam, Amazon raises prices on Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle gear while also handing some Fire TV users Alexa Plus for free, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Are These First-Time CEDIA Expo Exhibitors the Next Big Thing in Custom Integration?
Sonos Teases New Soundbar Ahead of September Hardware Reveal | iPhone in Canada
Chowmainsoft Introduces Google Home and Google TV Integrations for Control4
HomeTech HeadlinesRecessed Entry Sensor - Ubiquiti Store
Mova’s latest robot vacuum solves the kitchen stool problem
Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn’t chasing speed, and home networks need it
The lens in Wyze’s new $40 indoor camera retracts for privacy
Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P
FCC officially decides gigabit speeds are too good for you
Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent
Fire TV users are getting an Alexa Plus update – for free
Aqara expands H1 Matter lighting lineup with new downlights and spotlights
From the homeautomation community on Reddit: I reverse engineered the Litter Robot 4 to control it 100% locally via Home Assistant. Custom firmware and install guide in description!

From the homeautomation community on Reddit: I reverse-engineered local Ecobee control and put it on PyPI (no cloud, no dev key, no Home Assistant)
From the homeassistant community on Reddit: Samsung Family Hub Reborn: Turning a Fridge Touchscreen into a Home Assistant Dashboard 🏠🥳
Video: I Finally Sorted Out My Box of Mystery USB Cables
Treedix USB Cable Tester 2.4" Screen for eMarker PD3.0/3.1 Resistor
Korg nanoKONTROL2 Slim-Line USB Control Surface, Black
Photon | Bring your agents to iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and beyond
Hot Dog Stand – The Game

On this week's show: CEDIA says the crowds showed up, Apple unveiled a foldable iPhone, LG is pushing back on smart TV spying claims, Google wants outside AI agents in your home, Aqara and IKEA both have new Matter-friendly hardware, SimpliSafe would like a human guard at your doorbell, plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
HomeTech HeadlinesCEDIA Expo 2026 By the Numbers - Residential Systems
Heard at CEDIA Expo 2026: The Future Is Experiences, Not Products - Residential Systems
LG strongly denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' - online investigation claims 216,000,000 TVs spy and record audio
Apple event 2026 recap: iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, and more
reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/1whl55w/the_biggest_disappointment_with_the_duo
Aqara Announces the Availability of The Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400, Offering Advanced Spatial Intelligence for Smart Homes
IKEA DUBBELKISEL Brings Matter Over Thread to Cabinet Lighting
Apple wants $60 a month to unlock AI summaries on five cameras
Google Home is unlocking the agentic smart home — which is great, right?
This doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front door

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Deco Gear 49" Curved 5K Display | DQHD 120Hz Ultrawide Monitor
Yoolax Motorized Blinds with Remote, Smart Blinds for Windows, Custom Size
How long until local AI pays for itself? — Sunk CostMy Results: You’re underwater for 19.7 years. — Sunk Cost