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Apple’s HomePod slashed to $200 at Best Buy

Post author By Randall
Post date March 2, 2020
Categories In Apple, av, best buy, discount, engadgetdeals, Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Home, homepod, Tech, thebuyersguide

[ad_1] If you’ve been thinking about getting an Apple HomePod but missed Best Buy’s hefty Black Friday discount back in November, you’ve got a second chance to get in on the action. The smart speaker is once again on offer for $200 — that’s a chunky $100 off the usual price. At that price, the […]

Eero’s mesh WiFi routers now support Apple HomeKit

Post author By Randall
Post date February 26, 2020
Categories In Amazon, Apple, eero, gear, Home, homekit, mesh networking, router, smart home, Tech, Wifi

[ad_1] Eero has acted on its promise of supporting HomeKit for Routers. You can now add any Eero, Eero Pro or Eero Beacon device running eeroOS 3.18.0 (or later) to Apple’s Home app, letting the mesh WiFi routers firewall your smart home devices so that a vulnerability in one doesn’t compromise your entire local network. […]

Everything you missed at Toy Fair 2020

Post author By Randall
Post date February 26, 2020
Categories In Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Home, Tech, toy fair, toy fair 2020, toyfair, toyfair2020, Video

[ad_1] The biggest hype at this year’s show was over Baby Yoda, who was everywhere… mostly because there hasn’t been a lot of merch until now. That’s because Disney kept The Child’s existence a closely-guarded secret before The Mandalorian premiered on Disney+ back in November. Now we have Baby Yoda figures, dolls and costumes. But […]

Xbox One gets another simplified dashboard redesign

Post author By Randall
Post date February 25, 2020
Categories In av, conversations, february, game pass, Gaming, Home, interface, Microsoft, mixer, personal computing, personalcomputing, services, Tech, update, xbox one

[ad_1] Elsewhere, Conversations are (finally) getting support for images and animated GIFs, and images sent from the Xbox mobile app will now display on console, too. Game Pass members are getting extra controls over what content they download from larger bundle listings, and all players can now decide where their notifications appear on screen. Switch […]

Wyze is working on a fitness tracker that puts Alexa on your wrist

Post author By Randall
Post date February 24, 2020
Categories In activity tracking, alexa, Band, data breach, gear, Home, home security, Security, Tech, Wearables, wyze

[ad_1] In a recent product update, Wyze outlined its plans for the Wyze Lock, outdoor camera, scale and doorbell cam, as well as the Wyze Band. Official information on the device is a little thin, but ZatzNotFunny has unearthed more details on what we can expect. As well as the usual activity tracking features and […]

KidKraft’s Alexa-powered toy kitchen sizzles and tells dad jokes

Post author By Randall
Post date February 23, 2020
Categories In alexa, Amazon, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, Home, kidkraft, Tech, toy, toy fair, toy fair 2020, toyfair2020, toys

[ad_1] It doesn’t have Alexa built-in directly; instead the smarts come from an Echo speaker you add yourself. That might seem like a bit of a cheat but let’s be honest: It keeps the price down, especially since Amazon seems to be having sales on Echo Dots every other week. Or you might even have […]

Hot Wheels brings its NFC-enabled stat-tracker to even more toys this year

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In Entertainment, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Home, hot wheels, hot wheels id, nfc, Tech, toy, toy fair, toy fair 2020, toyfair2020, toys

[ad_1] First up, the core ID setup gets a bit of a rethink. The Smart Track set, with its sturdy USB-connected pieces, was a pretty cool piece of tech. (We even included it in our holiday gift guide.) But at $180, it was probably too pricey for a lot of parents. This year there’s a […]

Toronto rejects some of Sidewalk Labs’ smart neighborhood ideas

Post author By Randall
Post date February 21, 2020
Categories In alphabet, business, canada, Google, Home, Politics, quayside, sidewalk labs, smart cities, smart city, Tech, tomorrow, toronto, Transportation

[ad_1] The technical evaluation broke the four-volume MIDP into 160 distinct proposals. Sixteen of those suggestions were labeled “non-support,” which means “new solutions must be explored,” Waterfront Toronto explained in a discussion guide that will inform a second round of public consultation. The organization rejected an “efficient” and “ultra efficient” housing concept that would have […]

Traeger’s Ironwood smart grills now ship with a handy pellet supply sensor

Post author By Randall
Post date February 18, 2020
Categories In barbecue, bbq, food and drink, food-and-drink, foodanddrink, gear, Home, ironwood, ironwood 650, ironwood 885, pellet grill, pellet sensor, smart grill, smoker, Tech, traeger, Wifi

[ad_1] When Traeger announced its 2019 lineup, it included its so-called WiFire wireless connectivity on every model. However, the sensor that monitored your pellet supply so you didn’t have to worry about running out was reserved for the priciest grills: the Timberline 850 and Timberline 1300. As I’d discover in November, the more affordable Ironwood […]

The best smart locks | Engadget

Post author By Randall
Post date February 16, 2020
Categories In gear, Home, partner, syndicated, Tech, thewirecutter, wirecutter

[ad_1] Why you should trust us I’ve been testing smart locks, as well as a wide range of smart-home hubs and accessories, since 2015. As a reporter and editor, I’ve been covering technology and trends—and testing and reviewing a wide range of consumer electronics—for two decades at a number of respected national publications. At this […]