Your smart home questions, answered | The Vergecast

Here at The Vergecast, we get a lot of questions. Questions from you, which we love! Questions that, for some reason, often tend to be about the smart home and why it’s often not so very smart. So on this episode, the first in a two-part series, The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy helps us answer a whole bunch of your questions. Questions like: what’s Apple’s deal with the smart home? Are there any good smart faucets? And what’s about to happen to my robot vacuum cleaner? Jen helps us wade through all that and more. We also go on a long diversion about smart smoke detectors, which are pretty awesome.

00:32 Intro
01:56 Smart Home Challenges
04:39 Apple’s Smart Home Ecosystem
14:18 High-End Smart Home Systems
21:55 Smart Faucets and Practical Smart Home Gadgets
29:52 Starter Packs for Smart Homes
32:57 Thread and Apple Home Integration
33:09 Affordable Smart Bulbs
33:30 Fun Smart Lighting Options
35:57 Smart Home Starter Kit Essentials
38:04 Smart Smoke Detectors
39:38 The Demise of Nest Protect
41:59 First Alert and Other Alternatives
48:16 The Future of Smart Home Devices
55:02 Choosing the Right Smart Home Ecosystem
59:14 The Importance of Matter in Smart Homes
01:03:16 Concluding Thoughts

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