Black Friday Smart Home Bargains
Here’s our pick of some of the best Black Friday smart home bargains. As always, these Amazon Affiliate links do not affect the price you…
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Loxone Reveal New Schueco Extension
Next up in Loxone’s October product launch schedule is the new Schueco Extension. This device allows the integration of up to 30 Schueco units and…
Our Apple 5G iPhone 2020 Announcement Cheat Sheet
This years iPhone presentation has just ended. So here’s our usual cheat sheet, distilling all the hype down to some bitesized facts… iPhone New iPhone…
Smart Home Bargains on Amazon Prime Day
Today and tomorrow (13th & 14th October 2020) sees Amazon run their annual Prime Day promotion. Here’s our pick of some of the best smart…
Loxone Reveal New Tree to Air Bridge
In the first of several announcements coming over the next few weeks during Automation-October, Loxone have revealed their new Tree to Air Bridge. This module…
Video: The Hook Up Ranks the Best Smart Home Project Ideas
Here’s another great video from The Hook Up channel. This one sets out to rank many of the most popular home automation tasks, lighting, security,…
Automated Home 2.0 – #29 Amina Invisible Speakers – Part 2 Subwoofer in the Kitchen Island
In part 1 of our Amina invisible speakers review I looked at the in-wall drivers that we plastered over during our first fix. Their frequency…
Automated Home 2.0 – #28 We’ve Chosen Siemens Smart Appliances for our Home
While the Automated Home is all about technology, we’re not interested in gimmicks. Instead we are always on the look out for tech that works…
Our iPad & Apple Watch 2020 Keynote Cheat Sheet
The keynote just ended so here is all the important stuff in our usual bite-sized chunks… iPad New iPad 8th Gen A12 Bionic Chip with…
Video: IFTTT Announce New Pro Version with Paid for Subscription
Linden Tibbets, IFTTT Founder and CEO has announced a new Pro tier for the most popular integration service in the Cloud. The Pro service is…
Automated Home 2.0 – #27 Our Quooker Boiling Water Tap
One of the things we had our eye on from the start for our kitchen was a boiling water tap. Patented Boil Quooker is the…
Loxone Reveal New Audioserver & Stereo Extension
Loxone have just live streamed their latest produce reveal on YouTube. Billed as the “biggest product revolution since the miniserver”, the new purple product is…