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Aqara G2H Pro HomeKit camera hub now available

Aqara, the popular Chinese smart home company, has announced the Aqara G2H Pro. As with the original G2H, the Aqara G2H Pro works with HomeKit Secure Video and can act as a Zigbee hub. Although the G2H Pro looks identical to the original…

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Wemo Stage Scene Controller Review – Now usable with Thread

The Wemo Stage Scene Controller came out around April 2021 and although Belkin stated, it was Thread Ready. The smart remote did not support Thread, and it relied on Bluetooth to connect to HomeKit with mixed results being reported.…

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All the Apple Home Key compatible locks

At WWDC last year, Apple Announced Home Key as one of the new features for HomeKit in iOS 15. The new feature would allow users to open and close a compatible smart lock using an iPhone or Apple Watch pretty much in the same way as you…

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Wemo Smart Video Doorbell Review – Another HomeKit doorbell to consider

Apple has been developing the software behind the HomeKit doorbell over the years. The first being the introduction of HomeKit Secure Video, then adding HomePod doorbell chimes and recently package detection. However, despite this…

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Netatmo announces new security sensor with Thread for Matter

CES 2022 was all about matter and thread for the smart home with lots of major brands announcing support. This week Netatmo has announced a new smart home security sensor that acts as a door contact sensor and motion sensor. The New smart…

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Ikea Starkvind now available for purchase US, Canada and UK

After its release last year in Europe, the Ikea Starkvind is now avaiable for purchase in the US, Cananda and UK stores. The HomeKit smart air purifier is avaiable both online and via in store purchase. The Starkvind smart air purifier…

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Wemo stage scene controller Thread rollout started

Belkin this week announced at CES 2022 that owners of the Wemo Stage scene controller would receive a firmware update to enable Thread support. They said the roll out would start within days and would be completed by the end of the month.…

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