The Smart Home Show

Adam checks in with Richard about his smart home acquisitions from the past year, including new lighting solutions from Inovelli and Legrand, a smart outlet from Leviton, and the Nest Learning Thermostat v4.

They also discuss the Mill Food Recycler, which turns food scraps into something resembling coffee grounds. Those grounds can then be composted, used as fertilizer, or shipped back to Mill to be turned into chicken feed.

If you want a Mill of your own, you can get $200 off using Richard's referral link.

Adam and Richard talk about the state of AI in the smart home, including fridges with computer vision and how Josh.ai is trying to fix voice-controlled home automation. Then, they talk about Apple's AI-related announcements at WWDC, including a huge tie-up with OpenAI ... but when, exactly, will we see this tech on all our devices?

Also on today's episode: Why Apple is playing catch up with its virtual assistant Siri, rumors of a new HomePod with a screen, and how does everyone feel about the ethics of AI content scraping, anyway?

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Mike Wolf returns! The original host of the Smart Home Show, now running The Spoon and the Smart Kitchen Summit, is back to talk with Adam and Richard about the latest and greatest food tech. That extends from robots in restaurants to home composting solutions like The Mill.

The trio also talks about how advances in AI may change our cooking and eating habits, and whether emerging technologies will be better for the environment and help reduce food waste.

Richard is moderating a panel at the Smart Kitchen Summit in June! Use “PODCAST” at checkout to get 15% off: https://www.smartkitchensummit.com/

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Adam has been testing the Kaleidescape home theater movie platform, and on our last episode, he interviewed the company's director of technical marketing, Andre Floyd. Today, Richard interviews Adam about what he's learned from using the so-called "ultimate movie platform," who should definitely use it, and who might want to think twice before investing in it.

They discuss ease of setup, movie selection, converting DVDs to digital titles, parental controls, pricing, and more. Kaleidescape provided Adam the hardware to try it out, but at the end of the interview, he explains whether or not he would pay full MSRP to have this in his home theater.

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Adam sits down with Andre Floyd, director of technical marketing at the "ultimate movie platform" Kaleidescape, to talk about his experience testing their hardware in his home theater, and what makes Kaleidescape different from other digital media solutions. It's an in-depth conversation about movies, smart home integrations, and how to get the most out of your at-home movie collection. On the next episode, Adam will share a full review of the product with Richard.

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Richard Gunther from the Smart Home Show is joined by TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson, and Gavin Campbell from The HomeTech Podcast for Technology.FM's annual fireside chat! They reflect on 2023's developments in the smart home space — both the good and the bad — and share what they're looking forward to in 2024.

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Adam and Richard run down the smart home deals that caught their attention ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023. That includes discounts on home entertainment products like Sonos, security solutions for the home and office, and one of Adam's favorite things, the Eight Sleep Pod Cover (use his referral link for $300 off).

They also share some important tips for getting the best deal, and not getting scammed. Plus: Is it Thanksgiving dinner, or Thanksgiving supper, and what's the difference anyway?

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While Adam has been working on his home theater, what smart home projects has Richard been up to? Today on the Smart Home Show, he talks about all of them, including security lighting, smart dimmer sensors, smart blinds, an awful touchless faucet, an expanded Sonos collection, outdoor light bars, and mesh routers.

Adam and Richard also talk about Richard's frustration with Matter, the disappointing trajectory of Nest thermostats, an “ecologically irresponsible” smart oven, their favorite movies, and a follow-up to the Amazon fall event episode with Jennifer Pattison Tuohy.

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Adam and Richard are joined by The Verge's smart home reviewer, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, to discuss Amazon's recent fall hardware event, which focused on new and updated products for the connected home. That includes a redesigned Echo Show 8 that can become a digital photo frame (for a price); a smart home controller called the Echo Hub; and a new automatic lighting feature for Echo speakers.

The trio also discusses how both Amazon and Google are applying generative AI to their smart home products, and the most interesting news from Google's phone-centric fall event. Plus: Ex-Microsoft exec Panos Panay is moving across town to Amazon, and should you buy your kid that princess-themed Echo Pop?

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Adam and Richard share their reflections on & highlights from the 2023 CEDIA Expo in Denver, including some amazing smart drapes from Lutron, two very unusual TVs from LG, a dynamic new Android-powered media remote, and a high-end streaming media box that’s affordable for home theater cinephiles. They also tackle a listener's suggestion for getting Dolby Atmos audio on an Apple TV, and Richard shares his frustrations from trying to order a new iPhone through AT&T.

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