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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    Lockly’s latest smart lock is a digital peepholeLockly’s latest smart lock is a digital peephole
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    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    This smart crib can tell when your baby poops.

    The Revol from Bosch, China, has a sensor that detects changes in air quality and can tell you when it’s time to change that diaper.

    The $1,000 crib also features a camera, microphone, and mmWave radar sensor to monitor vital signs such as heart and respiratory rates. It’s launching in China this year; no word on a US release date.

    <em>The smart crib was on display at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas this week. It also has a Bosch Automotive motor built in that can rock your baby back to sleep.</em>
    <em>An accompanying app streams live footage of the crib and provides data from its sensors for health monitoring. </em>
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    The smart crib was on display at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas this week. It also has a Bosch Automotive motor built in that can rock your baby back to sleep.
    Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
    Honeywell Home’s first Matter thermostat costs just $80Honeywell Home’s first Matter thermostat costs just $80
    This sleek doorbell camera is also a smart home hubThis sleek doorbell camera is also a smart home hub
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    Aqara’s new seven-inch home control tablet can replace a light switchAqara’s new seven-inch home control tablet can replace a light switch
    Schlage’s sleek new smart lock ditches keys for UWBSchlage’s sleek new smart lock ditches keys for UWB
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Ultraloq’s UWB-powered smart lock will cost $400.

    The company announced the price of the Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC at CES this week. It’s Ultraloq’s first lock to support the new hands-free unlocking technology, and they say it will launch in Q1 2025. It will also support NFC for tap-to-unlock and Matter.

    The Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint Matter, which debuted at CES last year, will go on sale on January 7th for $199.

    person carrying a tote that shows an iPhone is inside, and there’s a door with a lock and radio waves are coming from it.
    Ultraloq’s UWB lock can detect any authorized device within 6 feet. It knows if it’s outside or inside within a centimeter of accuracy and if it’s approaching or leaving, enabling it to unlock as you walk towards your door.
    Image: Ultraloq
    Ring is making a smart smoke alarmRing is making a smart smoke alarm
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    Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification of smart home productsApple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification of smart home products
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    This adorable smart camera watches wildlife, not lowlifes.

    Instead of spotting package thieves or prowlers, the Petal is a teeny tiny camera designed to watch nature for you.

    Not only does it keep an eye on the birds, bees, and butterflies in your garden, but it can help you communicate with them using (what else) an AI chatbot.

    Petal is slated to launch on Kickstarter this spring as part of a new brand called Wonder.

    <em>This 4K, 12 MP camera will watch over wildlife in your yard and tell you all about it.</em>
    <em>A solar panel and battery in the “stem” can keep it charged.</em>
    <em>Modular Wonder Blocks are habitats with bug and bee “hotels” and butterfly feeders to encourage wildlife to come to the camera.</em>
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    This 4K, 12 MP camera will watch over wildlife in your yard and tell you all about it.
    Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

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