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Royalty-free smart home standard from the Connectivity Standards Alliance, letting certified devices work across Apple, Google, Amazon and other ecosystems.
Apple introduced six Apple Home devices co-developed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, its first hardware for the platform. Third parties still manufacture them, and The Verge says it has not tested any.
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ZDNET's writer is keeping 11 Echo devices after Apple priced HomeView at $299, against $179 for Amazon's Echo Hub and $199 for the Echo Show 8. The verdict comes from Apple's announcement and one household's setup, so it is a forecast of switching costs.
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Apple is expected to unveil a smart home hub with a 6-inch touchscreen at its October 13 'Welcome Home' event, The Verge reports. The leaks suggest Apple will own the control screen in the kitchen while LG and other partners build the locks and thermostats it runs.
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Gizmodo's reviewer says the $1,300 Eufy Omni E35 is a rare high-end robot vacuum that gets the basics right. After a year of pricier bots that lurched and scattered debris, the reviewer calls it the first $1,000-plus mopping bot tested that fits under a couch and is worth the money.
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The $80 sensor tracks ten people over Thread or Zigbee with no internet needed, but Aqara told Gizmodo that the standing, sitting and lying detection it once promised for the FP400 is now a job for a separate FP400 Pro.
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