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Amazon Ups The Stakes In Its Battle With Google, Nest Responds

Amazon and Google’s never-ending tit-for-tat continues to wage on, with the latest in this long-running saga dragging Nest’s smart home products into the fight...

Maplin Collapses; What Does This Mean For The Smart Home Market?

Maplin had grand plans to turn itself into a one-stop shop for the smart home market, but it seems that buyers weren’t interested in those plans, with the retailer having entered administration from this morning...

Amazon Acquires Smart Door Bell Maker Ring For >$1 Billion

Amazon is not content with letting Google dominate the smart home market with products like the Google Home and Nest Learning Thermostat. That’s why the company is bolstering its own smart home line-up through acquisitions, with the latest being smart doorbell manufacturer, Ring. ...

Nest Cam IQ Gets Google Assistant Support

Nest has finally released native support for the Google Assistant on its 4K IP camera, the Nest Cam IQ...

Qualcomm Debuts 802.11ax Chipset For Faster, Smarter Wi-Fi

With the next generation of Wi-Fi just around the corner, it’s about time devices started supporting it. Thankfully, Qualcomm is getting ready to support the 802.11ax standard with a new Wi-Fi chip that has just been announced for smartphones and tablets...

Maplin Could Soon Offer Smart Home Installation

Maplin is a retailer currently in a state of flux. Unable to obtain credit, the company is considering calling in the administrators. Thankfully, help may be on the horizon – but it could see Maplin offer smart home installation...

Canary Security Cameras Now Work With Amazon Alexa

The Amazon Echo Spot and Echo Show are now the perfect companion for anyone who owns a Canary security camera. That’s because users can now take advantage of Alexa voice control to showcase the camera’s feed on either one of those devices...

CEDIA And KNX Join Forces For New Training Opportunities

CEDIA has announced a reciprocal agreement with the KNX Association to develop closer collaboration on training and additional initiatives...

Nest Rejoins Google’s Hardware Team For Renewed Smart Home Strategy

Nest is once again going to be a Google-owned company, having spent three years on its own under the Alphabet umbrella. Instead of being an independent company,...

Control4’s New $350 Home Automation Hub: Affordable, Powerful IoT, No AV

At ISE 2018, Control4 introduces most affordable smart-home controller yet: CA-1 with Wi-Fi, ZigBee, optional Z-Wave targets production-home builders....