Tag: smart home
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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Tado thermostat owners are hot and bothered after marketing study raises possibility of subscription fee
Some Tado customers received a notification about a new subscription The message claimed that the Tado app will soon cost £1 per month Tado says it was part of a marketing study and no users have been charged Some owners of Tado smart thermostats are feeling hot under the collar…
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I wasn’t a fan of the new Echo Show 15 and 21, but Alexa+ has changed my mind
We’ve finally seen our first glimpse of Alexa+, Amazon’s new subscription-based, AI-bolstered voice assistant, and it has me eating my hat. No, not because of its new, exciting features, nor because of Alexa’s new, more personable nature, but because just a few days ago, I was dunking on the Echo…
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Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa+ is a lot more fun to talk to than ChatGPT or Siri, and I like it
Now we know that an AI-powered Alexa+ is coming to your Amazon device very soon (assuming you live in the US of course – international release dates are still to be confirmed), we can welcome Amazon back to the virtual assistant race with open arms. Alexa, where have you been?…
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