There are a couple of universal truths about the smart home. yes you willpower You come to treat your robot vacuum cleaner like another member of the family, and no, I can’t escape the fact that there will always be a light that doesn’t turn on even if there is simply no reason for it not to. These are just the facts.
Beyond that, the only thing we know for sure about the smart home is that it’s complicated to get right. You have to navigate a thicket of standards and ecosystems, optimize your control systems, and design many seemingly basic features yourself. The industry seems to be on its way to a much better place! But we are not there yet.
In this episode of The VergecastWe delve into some thorny smart home issues with our in-house smart home expert, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy. We spent the entire episode answering your questions about all the things you wonder about your smart homes. It offers tips, shopping advice, and lots of expert knowledge on Apple’s smart home plans, smart faucets, high-end smart home brands, Home Assistant, Matter, smoke alarms, and much more.
If you’d like to ask more questions, about Jen or anyone else, you can always call the Vergecast hotline at 866-VERGE11 or email us at vergecast@theverge.com. (You can call or email about anything, but it seems like everyone always has smart home questions for Jen…) And if you want to know more about the things we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started:
