Smart Home For Beginners - Voice Assistants
Episode 5: Smart Home For Beginners - Voice Assistants. In this video I’ll be jumping into voice assistants, which is a fantastic way to make your smart home accessible to the entire family.
Smart Home For Beginners - Geofencing
Episode 4: Smart Home For Beginners - Geofencing. In this video I’ll be jumping into geofencing, which is where the “smart” in smart homes starts to appear.
Wireless Security Camera System - EufyCam E Review
What's the best wireless security camera system? Here's my EufyCam E review, which covers my main criteria for a good camera system: battery-operated, easy to setup, good image quality, no subscription fees, local storage, and integrations with my smart home.
Smart Home For Beginners - Routines
Episode 3: Smart Home For Beginners - Routines. In this video I’ll be jumping into routines and modes, which is where smart homes really start to get fun.
Smart Home For Beginners - Scenes
This is the second video of my smart home for beginners series and I'll be walking through "scenes" in this one. Over the course of the series I’ll be covering some of the essentials like scenes & modes, automations, geofencing, voice assistants, and how to secure your smart home devices.
Are Smart Home Devices Worth It
Are smart home devices worth it? On most of my home automation videos I get questions asking why do we even need smart homes? I’ve spent years building out my smart home, adding lights, switches, locks, cameras, water sensors, motion sensors, voice assistants, and even more devices. Let's take a loo
Smart Home For Beginners - Technology
This is the start of a series on home automation basics. I’ll be covering some of the essentials like scenes & modes, automations, geofencing, voice assistants, and how to secure your smart home devices. For this first video I’d like to set a little bit of a baseline and cover the differences betwee
Smart Home Hub - Hubitat Review
I’ve been on a quest for the perfect smart home platform. A smart hub that can replace Smartthings and bridge the gap between Z-Wave, Zigbee, and WiFi smart home devices. A smart hub that’s platform agnostic and can work with Google, Amazon, and Apple. A smart hub that's easy to use and yet highly c
Sonos Google Assistant - Setup and review
Sonos Google Assistant is here ... it’s finally here. The long, year and a half wait for Google Assistant on Sonos is over, so we can now link up Google Assistant to Sonos speakers like the One and the Beam. How well does it work? What features is it missing? And was it worth the wait? Let's walk th
Privacy Settings - Control Alexa, Google, and Siri
So after my Alexa is listening to you breakup video, I thought we should look at all voice assistant privacy settings. Take control of Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri to lock down your data. Here are the top 4 things you should do.
Alexa is listening to you - Amazon privacy
This has been a long time coming, but I’m sorry Amazon ... it’s time for us to go our separate ways. Why? Let’s get into it.
What Is Mesh Wifi? Smart Home Must Have
If you’re anything like me, then you probably have dozens of things like phones, tablets, laptops, game consoles, media streaming boxes, and smart home devices all vying for a solid WiFi connection. A mesh wifi network may be the answer.