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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    What makes the perfect robot vacuum?

    On this week’s Vergecast, former CEO and co-founder of iRobot, Colin Angle, discusses what he got wrong when it came to making a robot that you trust in your home, and speculates on what we really want when it comes to home robots. Hint, it’s got arms but not legs ....

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    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    You can now buy this neat keypad lighting controller.

    The GE Cync Smart Dimmer Keypad, which was announced at CES, costs $44.99 and works with Matter-over-Wi-Fi, so you can program it to control any Matter-compatible lighting in your home and use it with any Matter smart home platform.

    Common in pro-installs, keypads are useful for activating different scenes, and it’s good to see some affordable options.

    If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.

    <em>The keypad has two programmable buttons as well as regular on /off and dimming functions.</em>
    <em>A new smart dimmer paddle switch is also available for $25.99</em>
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    The keypad has two programmable buttons as well as regular on /off and dimming functions.
    Image: GE Cync