The Smart Home Show

Mike has known Julie since the 90's when she became a must-read for anyone following the connected home. She still is a must read, so Mike was excited to catch up with Julie about all the latest big moves in the smart home space, including: -Alarm.com post Icontrol acquisition -Voice control in the pro installer market -The Sonos experience store in NYC and how Sonos is doing in the pro market -What to expect at CEDIA in September -Plus a walk down smart home memory lane. Listen! Catch Julie's stuff at www.cepro.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

We have a new Smart Home Show coming this week, but why not try out Mike's other show, the Smart Kitchen Show? This week, Mike and Ashley catch up on the foodtech and connected kitchen news, including: -3D food printer ChefJet is still alive -A performance art piece posing as 3D printer food restaurant in London -Food service robots are going to take your food service job -Food delivery startup gets $ for being fresh -Plus updates on the Smart Kitchen Summit! Subscribe to the show in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart…d1037600142?mt=2 RSS: feeds.feedburner.com/SmartKitchenShow Or check out the archive at the SKS website: www.smartkitchensummit.com/show via Knit

Wi-Fi has been around for close to 20 years and the experience is still largely sub-par for many homes. We discuss why with Rob Conant of Cirrent, as well as how Rob's company is trying to make Wi-Fi on-boarding as easy as getting on the cellular network. Find out more about Cirrent at www.cirrent.com Listen to the Smart Kitchen Show if you haven't already! Find it at www.smartkitchensummit.com/show via Knit

Lots going on in smart home, so we decided to catch up with one of the smartest guys in the space to talk about what exactly is going on. We talk about: -The iControl acquisition by Comcast and Alarm.com -The history of the smart home platforms space -The next wave of smart home platforms post iControl -Marwan Fawaz and his history at ADT, Google and what to expect at Nest -The latest from August -What excites Nate in smart home -Plus more! You can find Nate on Twitter at https://twitter.com/naywilliams Find Mike on Twitter at https://twitter.com/michaelwolf Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

What did Apple announce at their Worldwide Developer Conference in smart home? Listen to the podcast to find out! Specifically: -Mike talks about the Apple Home app -features such as scenes, geofencing, Siri access and more -He talks about what the news from Apple means from the smart home industry -He gives a bonus update on some fairly big news around smart home coming out of Bluetooth this week If you want to get this analysis in written form, subscribe to Mike's smart home newsletter here: http://nextmarket.co/pages/keep-updated-on-nextmarket-insights Follow him on Twitter to let him know why he should have known better than to expect a hardware announcement at WWDC. https://twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

Adam Justice, cofounder of ConnectSense, maker of HomeKit powered smart home gear, sits in with Mike on the episode as we speculate about what Apple may reveal next week at WWDC around their smart home efforts. You can find ConnectSense at www.connectsense.com Follow Mike on Twitter to ask questions and let him know what you think: www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this podcast Mike talks with Nick Weaver, CEO of Eero, a company that just received a $50 million funding round to invest in the development of its whole-home mesh Wi-Fi systems. He also gives some thoughts about the departure of Tony Fadell from Nest, the new Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz and speculates about whether Apple will create a visual interface for the smart home. You can read more about Eero at www.eero.com Find the Smart Home Show archive at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

This week rumors of an Apple answer to Echo were surfaced by The Information, plus Belkin launches smart water joint venture called Phyn, Pebble creates its own do-anything button and Eero gets a cool $50 mil for its mesh Wi-Fi system. Our guest for this week's show is Centralite CTO John Calagaz. You can find out more about Centralite at www.centralite.com You can find the article Mike was talking about on the show at www.smarthomeweekly.net via Knit

Mike and Peter Taylor from Belkin WEMO discuss what exactly Google announced yesterday with Google Home. We also get an update from Peter on their recent Nest integration. Mike wrote some of his thoughts on Google Home, which you can read at www.smarthomeweekly.net Follow Mike on Twitter and let him know what you think about Google Home at https://twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this podcast, Mike and Yonomi CEO Kent Dickson talk about Amazon's do-everything button, rumors of Google's Echo competitor and what a dedicated HomeKit app in iOS 10 would mean. We also hear about what Kent and his team are building with Yonomi. You can visit Yonomi at www.yonomi.co Find out where to subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Discuss this episode and suggest topics for Mike by direct messaging him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

This week we talk with Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Ring. Over two years ago, Jamie went on Shark Tank. Mark Cuban and others passed, and since then they've probably regretted it as Jamie and his team have gone on to define one of the fastest growing categories in the smart home: the video doorbell. We talk about those early days, how VC's have largely missed on some of the fastest growing categories in smart home by looking for "platforms" and how Ring has found success by focusing on doing one thing really well. Find out more about Ring and Jamie at www.ring.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

You think Alexa has the market cornered on audio detection in the smart home? Think again. In this episode of the Smart Home Show we talk with Audio Analytic CEO Dr. Chris Mitchell about how sound detection can be used in hundreds of ways to power various smart home products and use cases. Chris talks about how the company started with an argument with his professor to a company that has captured over 3 million hours of audio to create one of the largest sound databases in the world. Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow and talk with Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

Mike catches up with Paul Williams, Control4's VP of Solutions and discusses what he saw at ISC West, the big security show in Vegas. They also catch up some smart home news. Follow Mike and discuss topics (DM's encouraged!) on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf More Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

This podcast features a conversation with Home:On's Richard Gunther at SXSW as well as an update on smart home news, including: -the mess at Nest and Google's effort to create an Echo competitor -Juicero comes out of stealth and debuts their $700 cold-press connected cold press juicer -Amazon enables one button condom delivery -Mars, the candy bar company (and dog food company) buys Whistle, the connected pet tracker -Video doorbell mania! For more Smart Home Shows, go to www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this episode, Mike talks about Sonos layoffs and how Apple should make a move, as well as gives his thoughts on the Dot and Tap. In the second half of the show, we feature an interview from the Smart Kitchen Show where Mike talks with Mike Wallace from Perfect Company about all they saw in smart kitchen at the Housewares show. Mike will be in Austin this week recording a podcast with Richard Gunther, so stay tuned for that! via Knit

In this episode, Mike talks to Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Jstar, the company behind Josh. Josh is a voice virtual assistant for the smart home. You can learn more about Josh at https://www.josh.ai Subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com We've announced the new date for the Smart Kitchen Summit. go to www.smartkitchensummit.com for more info. via Knit

This week's episode features guest Jeff Lyman, the Chief Marketing Officer of Vivint. Mike also reviews the news, including ADT's acquisition, Intel and Qualcomm burying the IoT hatchet, and Amazon hiring like crazy in its smart home group. Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf to suggest topics, ask questions and more. All direct messages responded to. Subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

Mike catches up with Mark Powell, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, on what to expect from Bluetooth in 2016 and Bluetooth's new Internet Gateway effort. Follow Mike at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf to ask questions. Also, DM if you would like to go to our Smart Home Show mixer at SXSW on March 15th in Austin. via Knit

In this episode, Mike talks with Daniel Rausch, who heads up the Dash Replenishment Service program at Amazon. Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf. DM him to suggest topics, ask questions or get an invite to his smart home mixer at SXSW. via Knit

It's the 2016 smart home outlook show. Yes, Mike manages to talk to himself for 30 minutes straight to give you his 2016 smart home outlook. If you haven't subscribed yet, do so at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

This is an episode originally published over the the Smart Kitchen Show. It's a look at what happened around smart kitchen at CES 2016. If you want to get more Smart Kitchen Shows, go to iTunes and subscribe here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-kitchen-show/id1037600142?mt=2 You can get more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

Mike podcasts live on Thursday from show floor of CES 2016. His guests include: -Richard Gunther, Host of Home:On podcast -Steve Svajian, CEO of Anova Culinary -Phillip Raub, CMO of B8ta -Peter Taylor, Head of Product, Belkin WEMO Thanks to Anova for letting us sit and take over the booth for an hour! via Knit

Mike is doing updates about the smart home news and trends he's seeing at CES 2016! This is his update from CES Unveiled and some day before news. Enjoy and stay tuned for more! Subscribe at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Also read his written updates at www.smarthomeweekly.net via Knit

Welcome to a very Smart Home Christmas special. This is a podcast with folks from three podcasts: HomeTech.FM, Home: On and the Smart Home Show, all part of the Technology.FM podcast collective. In this podcast we talk about what we thought about the smart home in 2015, including our favorite stories, the biggest trends and what we see happening in 2016. You can find all of these podcasts at www.technology.fm or at their individual sites: www.hometech.fm/ www.thedigitalmediazone.com/podcasts/home-on/ www.thesmarthomeshow.com Happy Holidays everyone! Music Credit: Anthony Fish - https://soundcloud.com/anthony-fish-19758902/merry-christmas-everyone-pop-punk-cover via Knit

On the previous episode Mike talked about b8ta. On this episode, he talks TO b8ta. That's right, he goes directly to the source to have a conversation with Phillip Raub, cofounder of the new IoT retail store. If you're a startup looking to sell your product at retail, a big company with an IoT product or a retailer trying to figure out how to sell IoT products, this is a must listen. Check out b8ta at www.b8ta.com Listen to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Talk with Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this episode Mike talks about b8ta, a new IoT retail store concept, OIC and UPnP and the OnHub shell maker program. He also talks with Wendy Qi, cofounder of Sentri. You can find out more about Sentri at www.sentri.me You can find the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twiter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

This is a recording of the Smart Home Show Live, which was recorded on November 19th at the Target Open House smart home concept store in San Francisco. Interviews on this show include: • Jason Johnson - Founder & CEO, August • Michael Papish - Director, Platform Strategy, Sonos • Peter Taylor - VP Products, Belkin • James Blackwell - CTO, Roost Labs • Greg Kahn - Head of Membership and Partnerships, IoT Consortium • Bill Mitchell - Founder & CEO, PicoBrew Stacey Higginbotham from the IoT podcast also participated and interviewed alongside Mike. For more info on IoT Consortium, go to: http://iofthings.org/ For the IoT podcast, go to: http://iotpodcast.com/ To listen to the Smart Home Show, go to www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

After much anticipation, Lowes new Iris platform is available. We get the lowe-down (sorry) from Mick Koster, the GM of Iris at Lowes. You can get specifics on the new website, https://www.irisbylowes.com Questions, comments, talk to Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

Mike is joined by Frank D'Andrea as they do a post game wrap up of the Smart Kitchen Summit. If you want to check out the Summit sessions yourself, all the video sessions can be viewed at www.smartkitchensummit.com/video via Knit

On this episode, we have a two-parter as Mike catches up with Richard Gunther before he flies to Seattle for the Smart Kitchen Summit. On the second half of the show, Control4 CEO Martin Plaehn talks about what Control4 had to show at CEDIA. Check out the livestream of the Smart Kitchen Summit at www.smartkitchensummit.com/video on Thursday November 5th to see Mike, Richard and Internet of Things podcast host Stacey Higginbotham! via Knit

I caught up with Jason Johnson to hear about their new lock products, which include: -a new HomeKit smart lock -video doorbell -a key pad add-on -a new service platform for home service providers like dog walkers and deliverymen to get one-time access through the August smart lock. Enjoy! via Knit

This week's guest is Al Baker, CEO of Reemo, a company building technology to allow wearables and smart home gear to help elderly people live more comfortable lives. We tackle a few smart home news items: -Logitech's new Z-Wave and Zigbee Adapter -Savant's DIY smart home play -Apple's AI imaging tech and how it could be used in the smarthome -Comcast's smart home offering -K4Connect's funding Get more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

Mike visits with Korner CEO Steve Hollis to talk about the recent moves by Amazon to drop Apple TV from Amazon.com (and what it means for the connected home), their new Dash partners and the Nest Weave announcement. We also get an update on Korner. Find out about Korner at www.kornersafe.com Check out our new Smart Kitchen Show: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-kitchen-show/id1037600142?mt=2 Thanks to our sponsor, Jarden Consumer Solutions, makers of the WeMo powered crockpot and Mr. Coffee. More at www.jardencs.com via Knit

We got a two-for-one smart lock special today as we visit with the CEOs of LockState and Westinghouse Security to talk smart locks. We talk to Nolan Mondrow of Lockstate about their residential Wi-Fi smart lock, the Airbnb market for smart locks and entering the enterprise market. You can find out more about Lockstate at www.lockstate.com In the second half, we visit with Kevin Henderson, CEO of Westinghouse Security, which is crowdfunding a combo smartlock and video doorbell call the Nucli. You can find the Nucli on Indiegogo at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-westinghouse-nucli-smart-lock#/story Subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

I (Mike) am pretty excited to announce a new podcast called Smart Kitchen Show. I know, I need to work on more original names, but I'm pretty proud of this new show. It's got great stories from makers in the foodtech and smart kitchen space and also will be the story of us putting together a little thing called the Smart Kitchen Summit. It's like the Startup podcast, but for smart home and food tech. Check this podcast out and subscribe to it on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smart-kitchen-show/id1037600142 or using RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/SmartKitchenShow Thanks! via Knit

In this podcast, Mike talks with Kassir Hussain, the head of Connected Home for British Gas. Mike also catches you up on the news, including Amazon's effort to create a "smart kitchen computer" called Kabinet, the Nest 3 and LG's new smart home retrofit device. Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out Mike's event on the future of the connected kitchen at www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

Google announced a new home router this week called the OnHub, and it looks an awful lot like a smart home hub. We also discuss the SmartThings v2 Hub and Revolv's end of support. In the second half of the show we talk to Securifi CEO Ram Malasani , maker of the Almond Plus router/smart home hub device to get an update as well as his opinion on the Google news. Find more about Securifi at www.securifi.com Check out our event at www.smartkitchensummit.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

This week Mike talks HomeKit, IKEA, smart home security holes and smart home retail with Richard Gunther of Home: On. The title reads Smart Home Show in Swedish (or at least we think)and is the likely name of any future IKEA furniture named after this podcast. Translation courtesy of the IKEA Swedish Furniture name translator: http://www.easyflatpax.com/name-generator/ For more Smart Home Shows, go to www.thesmarthomeshow.com IF you are interested in the future of the connected kitchen, please visit www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

In this episode, Mike talks about: -Google becomes Alphabet, what does that mean for Nest? -Ben Kaufman is out at Quirky, what does it mean for Wink? -The Amazon Dash button is available to all -The new Lowe's Iris hub is coming and Mike has a few suggestions... In the second half of the show, Mike talks to smart home designer and consultant Sam Buckby about his new book, Home with a Heartbeat. You can find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf Check out Mike's conference on the future of the connected kitchen at www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

In this episode, Mike wonders who in the heck will buy financially troubled Wink, pauses to appreciate HomeKit's strict security requirements and rambles about Target and Sears's smart home concept stores. This week's episode was brought to you by Soundwall. Find out more about Soundwall at www.soundwall.com As always, find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com You can read Mike's weekly smart home musings at www.smarthomeweekly.net Follow Mike on Twitter for real time conversation about the smart home at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

Mike drops by the Korner office and records his lunch conversation with Steve Hollis, CEO of the smart security startup. Find out more about Korner at www.kornersafe.com Fine more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Tell Mike where you are on vacation or where he should place his bets in Vegas on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf Check out our first event at: www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

This week's show is a two parter: First we talk the week's news with Dan Roberts, cofounder of Scout Alarm. We also talk to Dan about being one of the early Alexa program partners (Amazon announced an investment in Scout last week through the Alexa fund). In the second half we talk to Kai Kreuzer about open source smart home system openHAB and the news that they've just launched an openHAB channel on IFTTT. You can find out more about Scout at https://www.scoutalarm.com/ You can find out more about openHAB at http://www.openhab.org/ The sponsor for today's show is Soundwall, a company that is making connected art that CEO Aaron Cohen describes as Sonos meets Instagram. You can find out more about Soundwall at www.soundwall.com Listen to and subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out our first event called the Smart Kitchen Summit, a conference about the future of the connected kitchen: www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

This week's podcast features Cameron Robertson, CEO of smart lock maker Lockitron. Mike and Cameron catch up on the smart home news, including: -Amazon Echo becoming available for all -Astro's smart lighting for apartment dwellers -Roost's smart Wi-Fi battery for smoke alarms -Freshhub's kitchen commerce technology integration with NCR -Hoover Europe's Wi-Fi appliance range Mike also shares a few thoughts on Alexa's unbundling from the Amazon Echo and the Alexa $100 million development fund. Cameron and Mike also talk about the smart home startup landscape and whether there is a shakeout, and Cameron lends some great context given all the battles he's fought with Lockitron. Alexa also interrupts Mike's podcast intro (see podcast pic for the weird ToDo list that resulted from that) You can find out more about Lockitron at www.lockitron.com The sponsor for today's show is Soundwall, a company that is making connected art that CEO Aaron Cohen describes as Sonos meets Instagram. You can find out more about Soundwall at www.soundwall.com Listen to and subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out our first event called the Smart Kitchen Summit, a conference about the future of the connected kitchen: www.smartkitchensummit.com via Knit

This week's podcast features Andrew Thomas, cofounder of Skybell, and Ben Stagg, CEO of Halo Smart Labs. In the first segment, Andrew and Mike talk about Quirky's problems, the layoffs at Leeo, and discuss if there is a smart home shakeout coming. They also talk about the Nest press event and Andrew tells Mike he's being a little greedy for wanting more news. In the second half of the show, Mike talks with Halo Smart Labs CEO Ben Stagg about their next generation smart smoke alarm/emergency detector and they talk about the Nest Protect 2 news coming out of the Nest press event. The sponsor for today's show is Soundwall, a company that is making connected art that CEO Aaron Cohen describes as Sonos meets Instagram. You can find out more about Soundwall at www.soundwall.com Find out more about Skybell at www.skybell.com Find out more about Halo Smart Labs at www.halosmartlabs.com Listen to and subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Check out our first event called the Smart Kitchen Summit, a conference about the future of the connected kitchen: www.smartkitchensummit.com Image: Wink Robot Butler via Knit

It's just a matter of time before all the dumb machines in our home become smart. You know that right? In this episode Mike and guest Shane Dyer of Arrayent talk about the news of the week: -HomeKit's super slow rollout -Nest's new camera -The June Intelligent Oven And then they talk about what will happen to the appliance industry as all those dumb machines become smart. Please check out our new event, the Smart Kitchen Summit, at www.smartkitchensummit.com and also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/smartkitchencon You can find out more about Arrayent at www.arrayent.com Subscribe to the Smart Home Show and listen to archives at www.thesmarthomeshow.com via Knit

In this episode: -Mike wonders what's next for Nest and what they'll announce on June 17th -Mike and BeOn Home's Alexei Erchak talk about the rise of DIY security and the beginning of the HomeKit era. -Mike and Alexei talk about BeOn Home and their products You can find out more about BeOn at http://beonhome.com/ Support Mike and the podcast by checking out the Smart Kitchen Summit at www.smartkitchensummit.com AND by following the Smart Kitchen Summit on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/smartkitchensummit https://twitter.com/SmartKitchenCon Thanks for listening! via Knit

Mike and Jason Johnson break down what they think Google Brillo and Weave - Google's new IoT/Smart Home OS and protocol -are and also talk HomeKit. Jason is the CEO of August,the maker of the August Smart Lock. You can find out more about August at www.august.com Find more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter and tell him whether he's right or wrong about Brillo at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this episode of the Smart Home Show, we talk about Google's smart home teddy bear patent, Alarm.com's IPO and the entry of China's big tech co's into the smart kitchen. Our guest for the podcast is Matt Furlong, the GM of the home improvement category for Amazon, which includes Amazon's home automation store. You can listen to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter to suggest guests, topics and hold twitter conversation at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

In this episode, Mike talks about the new Google IoT OS (that's really a smart home OS) and reveals some exclusive info he uncovered about the new technology. He also gives his thoughts on the Skybell Wi-Fi connected doorbell. His guest is Branton Ellerbee, a Dallas-based small business owner who is creating a DIY smart home installer business. You can find out more about Branton and his business at: http://www.connectedhomedallas.com/ You can listen to and subscribe to more Smart Home Shows at www.thesmarthomeshow.com Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit

Guest: Stuart Lombard, CEO of Ecobee In this episode, Mike catches up on some recent smart home news, gives a quick review of his Ecobee3, and talks with Stuart Lombard of Ecobee. You can find out more about Ecobee at www.ecobee.com Subscribe to the Smart Home Show at www.technology.fm Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter.com/michaelwolf via Knit