Tag: Smart Homes
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And they come – Google Home and Mini!
With launch of Google Home and Mini, Indian market will see a fresh face off between Google and Amazon. Here is a neutral look at what do these assistants have to offer the Customer.
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Google Home – (Trying for) Best of all the Worlds!
Apple looking for a big bang entry with Homepod, Microsoft furiously integrating Cortana in most devices while prepping up for an assistant’s launch shortly. Among all these players, I always the biggest potential from Google, simply because they sat on an impossible mound of data on user’s habit and preferences and literally ran the internet.…
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Fitbit Ionic – The watch we want, but the watch we don’t deserve!
Fitbit’s next offering is up for pre-ordering, the name is Ionic- though I just hope it can turn Iconic. Chances are little iffy though. To be upfront, I had pretty mixed feeling about the Ionic. Do not get me wrong, I am myself an extensive fitbit user and a devout fan. But I tend to…
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Local Flavor in Smart Home Recipe!
It’s become extremely important now that local players come together to provide impetus to the smart home revolution in India
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Real Home Automation is ‘Out of Home’
This post talks about the basic architecture & Out of Home capabilities of leading Smart Home systems
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Apple HomeKit versus the Rest!
Apple is the benchmark in terms of physical product design (period) They have redefined, to an extent even altered user preferences (users just don’t realize it 🙂 ). Software and apps though been hit and miss. Apple Home defies all the past. Apple Home – The smart home management app from Apple (installed by default on all…