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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    Alexa and Google Assistant are together at last on new JBL speakers

    Three new JBL smart speakers from Harman will be the first to offer simultaneous voice assistants, so you can ask Alexa to start the music and then ask Google to stop it.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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    iRobot’s two newest Roombas bring more moppingiRobot’s two newest Roombas bring more mopping
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    Wyze may have a new wired video doorbell on the way.

    Tech blogger Dave Zatz has found renderings that imply Wyze might have a successor to its Wyze Video Doorbell (Wired) on the way.

    It looks like this one will ring your existing doorbell chime, something the current version doesn’t.

    There are no other details, but it’s likely to be closer to the Wyze Video Doorbell Pro feature-wise, with a top-to-bottom view, 1440x1440p image quality, and 5GHz Wi-Fi.

    <em>The rendering resembles Wyze’s current </em><a href="https://www.wyze.com/products/wyze-video-doorbell-pro?related_selling_plan=41618559008930"><em>Video Doorbell Pro</em></a><em>, which is battery-powered and can be wired but doesn’t work with existing chime boxes.</em>
    <em>This rendering indicates it will be a wired doorbell.</em>
    <em>This rendering implies the new doorbell will have a chime box, which means it should work to ring your existing doorbell chime. The current wired doorbell bypasses the doorbell chime.</em>
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    The rendering resembles Wyze’s current Video Doorbell Pro, which is battery-powered and can be wired but doesn’t work with existing chime boxes.
    Image: Wyze via Dave Zatz
    Blink’s latest battery-powered camera now comes with person detectionBlink’s latest battery-powered camera now comes with person detection
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Amazon’s Sidewalk network is about to get some dedicated chips.

    At Silicon Labs’ Works With conference today, the company launched the SG23 and SG28 SoCs, new chips designed for Amazon Sidewalk. It also announced more tools to help developers build devices for Amazon’s new long-range, low-bandwidth IoT network.

    This means we might soon see some useful gadgets leveraging the free-to-use protocol that covers 90 percent of the US population (thanks to being embedded in practically every Echo smart speaker ever made.)

    All I really want is that pet tracker Amazon promised us.

    New Amazon Sidewalk SoCs & Developer Tools from Silicon Labs Accelerate Adoption

    [Silicon Labs Newsroom]

    Brilliant’s new smart home controller makes it easier to put a touchscreen on your wall

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    The new plug-in version of Brilliant’s wired smart switch is simpler to install and just as easy to use. But still-limited integrations keep it from being truly brilliant.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Here’s the first outdoor smart plug to work with MatterHere’s the first outdoor smart plug to work with Matter
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    When it’s too hot out there this app can help.

    My local emergency management department tweeted a link to this OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool last week, and my husband — who works outside — has found it useful as we struggle through sweltering heat in the South.

    Available for iOS and Android, the app provides a quick glance at the real-time “feels like” heat index wherever you are along with hourly forecasts. It can also set up reminders to hydrate and rest and has a symptom checker and first-aid tips if you start feeling sick.

    <em>The heat index is a measure that combines humidity and temperature to indicate how hot it actually feels.</em>
    <em>The heat index can be upwards of 10 degrees higher than the recorded temperature. Anything over 95 degrees Fahrenheit is considered dangerous.</em>
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    The heat index is a measure that combines humidity and temperature to indicate how hot it actually feels.

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