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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    Surprise! Survey says — people want their smart home devices to work together.

    Apparently, 54% of smart home users in the US and Europe want any new product they buy to work with their existing devices. Shocking news. Mainly because the number is so small.

    Why the industry still struggles with this basic problem is baffling, but at least the new smart home standard Matter is trying to solve it.

    Z-Wave, the organization behind the survey, has a head start here as all Z-Wave products are backward compatible. But — and here’s the rub — as of right now Matter and Z-Wave still don’t work together.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    In case constantly checking your security cameras on your smartphone isn’t enough...

    Echo Show smart displays can now show you multiple camera feeds at once. Here’s how to set up your Ring, Eufy, Arlo, or any Alexa-compatible security camera to stream to your smart display.

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Ikea’s new cover art for its Sonos wall speaker is simply stunning.

    The covers snap onto the speaker and add some much-needed color to the current options. I love to see more adventurous decor in the smart home — and don’t forget, you can pair two of these speakers with a Sonos Arc or Beam sound bar for surround sound with some serious style. The new covers go on sale in April.

    Diana Ordóñez’ print on a Symfonisk picture frame speaker is inspired by the colorful masks of Colombian carnival.
    Diana Ordóñez’ print on a Symfonisk picture frame speaker is inspired by the colorful masks of Colombian carnival.
    Image: Ikea
    Would you let ChatGPT control your smart home?Would you let ChatGPT control your smart home?
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    You can now cut Alexa out of Amazon’s multiroom audio equation.

    Love the ease of setting up wireless whole home audio with inexpensive Echo speakers but don’t love having to evoke the Assistant whenever you want to change it up? New features in Alexa multiroom music give you Sonos-like app controls over your audio. Here’s how to set up Alexa multiroom audio and how to use it.

    How to set up and use Alexa multiroom music

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    How to set up and use Alexa multiroom musicHow to set up and use Alexa multiroom music
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