HomeKit Archives

Alexa Got Smarter. It Also Started Listening Harder.

August 13, 2026

Amazon spent most of the past year promising Alexa was finally getting smart. This summer it actually happened.

A Green Lawn Without Thinking About It: Smart Sprinkler Controllers, Honestly

July 21, 2026

Rachio, B-hyve, and Rain Bird compared through one lens: does the lawn stay green without you thinking about it? Prices, zones, and the honest catches.

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OpenAI Is Building a Home Speaker That Wants to Make You Happy

July 15, 2026

OpenAI and Jony Ive are reportedly building a screenless AI home speaker for 2027. What the rumors say, the privacy math, and what it means for your house.

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Apple Just Gave HomeKit Cameras a Brain, and It Mostly Stays in Your House

July 13, 2026

iOS 27 gives HomeKit Secure Video 4K recording and AI descriptions. What it means in practice, where the processing happens, and who can see your footage.

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Back to the Future, For Real: The Seamless Home We Were Promised Is Finally Showing Up

July 10, 2026

The seamless home the Jetsons promised is finally showing up in 2026, just quieter than the brochures said. What is real, what is vaporware, what is next.

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The Garden That Waters Itself: Smart Irrigation That Actually Sets and Forgets

June 29, 2026

There is a specific kind of August guilt that comes from looking out at a lawn the color

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Locking Down Your Kids’ Devices: A 2026 Parental Controls Playbook

June 26, 2026

A layered, mostly-free 2026 playbook for locking down your kids’ devices: Apple Screen Time, Google Family Link, router and DNS filtering, plus the monitoring apps worth paying for.

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