Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

This app put my Apple Home smart devices into an interactive map

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 29, 2024

Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 24, 2024

Ring’s Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam hands-on: a fuller view of your home

It’s pretty in pink, and its 360-degree view is handy. But while Ring’s new pan-tilt cam has the moves, it lacks innovation.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 24, 2024

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 23, 2024

Aqara’s latest budget smart lock is the cheapest Apple Home Key lock you can buy.

The new $150 Aqara U50 works over Zigbee and Bluetooth and is Matter-compatible (with an Aqara bridge). Handily, it can be re-keyed so you can keep using your existing keys.

Unlike its more expensive big brother the U100, there’s no fingerprint reader. In its place you get a smart button that can trigger an automation when you leave. Neat.

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The Aqara U50 is a budget smart lock that works with Apple Home Key and supports Matter.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

iRobot halts its Roomba subscription service as it gets a new CEO

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 22, 2024

The August smart lock finally gets a fingerprint option

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 21, 2024

Pixel phones can once again control the volume of Google Home speaker groups while casting.

This feature was available before Sonos sued Google but didn’t return when Google restored most software features following its victory last October.

But with Android 15 Beta 2, Pixel users will once again be able to control the volume of grouped speakers with the phone’s buttons from outside the app that’s casting.

Android 15 Beta 2 fully restores Cast volume controls for speaker groups on Pixel phones

[Android Authority]