hello Automators thanks for tuning in again now CES 2019 is over and you could
go hunting and searching for all of the new products and new integration
capabilities that we have with Apple and all of their products but instead I've
done that for you so stick with me for a few minutes here and I'll go through all
of what Apple has done in a very sneaky way at CES 2019 the first product I want
to talk to you about is actually from Ned at mo now netatmo was bought by
Legrand and you'll know them from a bunch of smart switches and smart home
products or smart light products and so what they've done is they've created a
smart video doorbell that's what they're calling it no subscription service
required all it requires as a standard doorbell connection so basically the two
wires out the front of your home and then the ability to have Wi-Fi around
your home now it is apple homekit capable the other things I like about
this is you're able to either store on a micro SD there or upload to the cloud
and that includes a Dropbox subscription so if you already have Dropbox like I do
then you can go ahead and upload your videos to that service basically
automatically whenever someone comes to your door so I really like that
implementation and the fact that I don't need to pay for another subscription
service there was some massive announcements here
from Samsung related to their TVs and they did a ton here while at CES 2019
but what Apple has done and again this very sneaky way LG Vizio Sony have all
basically said that their TVs for 2019 and beyond here and some going back to
2018 will have homekit app support so that means you'll be able to turn on
your TV and include it in scenes as well so very powerful stuff there what
Samsung did that was also very impressive was that it allows access
through search through their voice assistant through
bixby to go ahead and search through the itunes the movies library and with all
of these TVs that I've mentioned being airplay to compatible the ability to
play music on those either from an iPhone an iPad or really any of Apple's
AirPlay to capable devices we've seen Apple partner with El Gato Eva or Eve as
they are called now now they have a new light strip that is homekit compatible
it's around $80 79 us they also have the extensions and each piece is 2 meters so
you're able to go and get those attach them to your home kit and or control
them with a home pod or something like an iPad Harman Kardon released an entire
set of speakers while ago called the citation series they've expanded on that
citation series and of course the Google assistant is still on board but what was
added to these speakers now is airplay too so again we're seeing Apple get out
there and integrate with more of these makers and we're seeing a product
pairing with Google assistant as well here in a roundabout way connect sense
has created the current smart home outlet and the difference with that is
it will analyze the data essentially from your power consumption and actually
give you suggestions to turn on and off devices as it sees fit here to basically
conserve power so now that will have full apple homekit and Siri integration
as well a couple of additional smart locks here quick-set has what they call
the premise or premise and that smart lock will have homekit in Siri
integration there's also the a via smart lock which is actually a UK put police
initiative here to create more home security essentially and this is by a
company called Myton so that will also have homekit integration here we've seen
some growth in the Nano leave system which I think everyone kind of likes and
the scene capability within home kit really makes those very powerful as well
there an additional set of products they're
coming from nano leave the Nuge abre elite 85h will have an option to play
with google assistant amazon's voice assistant or apple's voice assistant on
board and the interesting thing about this is you can enable and disable the
ability to use that voice assistant and when you do that the only Wake word is
assistant so a little bit different obviously you're not going to be using
Apple's normal Wake word but it's good to see those go on a pair of noise
cancelling headphones something else that I'd like to see here is GE has
actually extended their reach in terms of their C by GE light bulbs here and
they've also announced some new multicolor bulbs in a multicolor light
strip then all of those products will get apple homekit capabilities here as
well so we're seeing another bulb maker interact with Apple on this on this
front the you by Moen smart shower has apple homekit and Siri compatibility in
it as well so obviously you're going to be able to connect that device and
utilize it as a shower I don't think you're taking your iPhone in but with
the ability to have a home pod or an iPad in the room and for it to listen
for that wake word you can adjust by voice now there is new home kit support
for some of our Lowe's new smart home cameras in some of their existing smart
home cameras via a software update coming in quarter one of 2019 so just to
check here that is the arlo ultra 4k HDR wire-free and the our low pro 2 security
cameras both of those will get a firmware update to have integration with
home kit and Siri this is something a little outside of CES actually IKEA has
released some smart blinds or started to show signs that they're releasing these
smart blinds in Europe and the pricing right now looks like about $99 as a
starting point or 99 euros actually they will have Google Assistant Amazon's
voice assistant and Siri integration capability so wild
stuff to see actually with all these different smart homemakers and IKEA
really building out that smart home products list as well
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