Tag: home
You can finally start your day with The Office theme song, and I couldn’t be more excited
If you have a Hatch Restore sunrise clock and a Hatch+ subscription, you can now start your day with The Office theme song Hatch and Peacock collaborated on a new sound and two light effects You can get ready for bed with the Dunder Mifflin White Paper Light We’ve seen…
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Amazon’s Panos Panay teases future Alexa+ devices from speakers to possible wearables
Amazon’s devices chief, Panos Panay, chatted Alexa+ hardware with Bloomberg Panos teased new hardware across its entry, core, and signature categories We’ll likely see new speakers and smart displays, but also new device types, including wearables like smart glasses and ‘wrist-worn devices’ Since October 2023, we’ve seen Panos Panay’s arrival…
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This new Roomba finally solves the big problem I have with robot vacuums
iRobot just scrapped and replaced almost its entire range of robot vacuums, but amongst the shiny new fleet there’s one model that has caught my eye in particular: the Roomba 205 DustCompactor Combo. This bot is designed especially for smaller homes, and as the owner of such a compact dwelling,…
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iRobot is overhauling its entire robovac range, and for the first time in years I’m excited about a new Roomba
iRobot scraps all its robot vacuums apart from the Combo 10 Max, replacing them with 5 new models The new vacs have LiDAR, rotating mop pads, and introduce a cool new design language They’re available for pre-sale from March 18 in North America and some European countries iRobot started out…
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Still using an iPad as a Home Hub? Bad news – Apple is about to end support for it
Apple will soon end support for its old HomeKit architecture A note about the change was spotted in the iOS 18.4 beta source code After upgrading, you will no longer be able to use an iPad as a Home Hub It looks like Apple will soon require all users to…
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Dyson vacuums have one big problem and I don’t understand why
As TechRadar’s Homes Editor, I spend a lot of my time testing and writing about vacuums. It is my opinion that Dyson makes some of the very best vacuum cleaners on the market. They’re super easy to maneuver, they’re well-built, and the suction is excellent. Some even have things like…
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