On this week’s episode of HomeTech: The Dish Network-HBO feud that hurts no one but consumers. Did you catch the first-even National #SmartHomeDay? Samsung opens Bixby to third-party developers. Sonos delays their Google Assistant integration. Ring pushes some significant app updates. Great 5G commentary from the HomeTech mailbag. And much more!

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Show Notes

• National #SmartHomeDay Features Facebook Livestream From Industry Faves
• Bird launches UK's first scooter sharing service on one London path
• HomeTech Headlines
  • Samsung opens Bixby to third-party apps and devices
  • One Hacker is 'Shocked' at Vulnerabilities in the Google Home Hub | Digital Trends
  • Google refutes reported Home Hub security flaw
  • Spotify gives away Google Home Minis to US family plan subscribers
  • Google wants to improve your smart home with iRobot’s room maps
  • Amazon Black Friday 2018 Prices Revealed — Fire TV Stick 4K for $34.99, Echo Dot 3 for $24, and more
  • Amazon's Alexa and Echo launch in Mexico
  • New Ring app updates coming soon
  • Sonos delays Google Assistant support until 2019
  • Netflix Unveils Six Animated Films, Shows (EXCLUSIVE)
  • Comcast is developing a video-streaming box for broadband-only customers
  • HBO Goes Dark for First Time in Its History Due to Standoff With Dish
  • AT&T and Dish’s HBO battle is the bleak future of cable and streaming
  • Dish’s Charlie Ergen says HBO blackout is ‘purely anticompetitive play’ by AT&T
• Mailbag
  • What is CBRS? - LTE in 3.5 GHz Shared Spectrum and What it Means for IoT
• Pic of the Week
  • Netgear’s first Wi-Fi 6 routers look like sci-fi spaceships
  • HomeRun: Quickly Trigger HomeKit Scenes on Your Apple Watch
• Announcing r/hometech - HomeTech's new home on Reddit