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On the latest episode of the Homekit Insider podcast, Amazon's massive product-focused event with several new smart home devices, smart home baby gear, and more! In the wake of the last Apple event, and as we wait to see what Apple will do in October, recent headlines have been about Amazon's big hardware event. Amazon announced a whole slew of new smart home products including new versions of the Echo Dot, Echo Studio, and Fire TV products. The Echo Dots are still affordable speakers with Amazon Alexa built in but they now have new sensors for temperature measurements and can double as Eero mesh extenders. Dot with Clock has more dots to display more information and the updated Echo Studio supports spatial audio and is available in white. One of the standouts was Amazon's new Halo Clock that can track sleeping for two people in bed and can intelligently wake you in the morning via soft light. Amazon-owned Ring and Eero had announcements of their own including a new panic button and new PoE routers. Outside of Amazon, Denon released seven new 8K receivers, some of which have support for AirPlay 2. Finally, Victrola announced a new turntable that's able to stream audio to your home's Sonos speakers. Outside of the news, we also spent some time with our special guest, new mom-to-be Faith O'Hara, talking about smart home stuff for parents. We discussed smart cradles and bassinets, smart lights, smart shades, and more. Your host also asked Faith about her non-techy impressions of Matter and other smart home trends to see how ready the average consumer is. Links from the show Victrola stream carbon Amazon reveals new Echo Dot, Kindle Scribe tablet and more Cradlewise: All-in-One Smart Bassinet, Crib, Baby Monitor and more Baby Sleep Monitor: Track Your Baby's Sleep | Owlet BALMUDA The Lantern Faith O'Hara's Instagram Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected] Keep up with everything Apple in the weekly AppleInsider Podcast — and get a fast news update from AppleInsider Daily. Just say, "Hey, Siri," to your HomePod mini and ask for these podcasts, and our latest HomeKit Insider episode too. If you want an ad-free main AppleInsider Podcast experience, you can support the AppleInsider podcast by subscribing for $5 per month through Apple's Podcasts app, or via Patreon if you prefer any other podcast player.
In the wake of the last Apple event, and as we wait to see what Apple will do in October, recent headlines have been about Amazon's big hardware event. Amazon announced a whole slew of new smart home products including new versions of the Echo Dot, Echo Studio, and Fire TV products.
The Echo Dots are still affordable speakers with Amazon Alexa built in but they now have new sensors for temperature measurements and can double as Eero mesh extenders. Dot with Clock has more dots to display more information and the updated Echo Studio supports spatial audio and is available in white.
One of the standouts was Amazon's new Halo Clock that can track sleeping for two people in bed and can intelligently wake you in the morning via soft light. Amazon-owned Ring and Eero had announcements of their own including a new panic button and new PoE routers.
Outside of Amazon, Denon released seven new 8K receivers, some of which have support for AirPlay 2. Finally, Victrola announced a new turntable that's able to stream audio to your home's Sonos speakers.
Outside of the news, we also spent some time with our special guest, new mom-to-be Faith O'Hara, talking about smart home stuff for parents. We discussed smart cradles and bassinets, smart lights, smart shades, and more.
Your host also asked Faith about her non-techy impressions of Matter and other smart home trends to see how ready the average consumer is.
Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: [email protected]
Keep up with everything Apple in the weekly AppleInsider Podcast — and get a fast news update from AppleInsider Daily. Just say, "Hey, Siri," to your HomePod mini and ask for these podcasts, and our latest HomeKit Insider episode too. If you want an ad-free main AppleInsider Podcast experience, you can support the AppleInsider podcast by subscribing for $5 per month through Apple's Podcasts app, or via Patreon if you prefer any other podcast player.
Keep up with everything Apple in the weekly AppleInsider Podcast — and get a fast news update from AppleInsider Daily. Just say, "Hey, Siri," to your HomePod mini and ask for these podcasts, and our latest HomeKit Insider episode too.
If you want an ad-free main AppleInsider Podcast experience, you can support the AppleInsider podcast by subscribing for $5 per month through Apple's Podcasts app, or via Patreon if you prefer any other podcast player.
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The Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra are the company's newest wearable accessories, and these are the features that might tempt new buyers or Apple Watch Series 7 owners.
Apple reintroduced the Plus iPhone descriptor at its fall event with the introduction of the iPhone 14 Plus. Here's how it compares to the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
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The Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra are the company's newest wearable accessories, and these are the features that might tempt new buyers or Apple Watch Series 7 owners.
Apple reintroduced the Plus iPhone descriptor at its fall event with the introduction of the iPhone 14 Plus. Here's how it compares to the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
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