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SimpliSafe's New Doorbell Lets a Live Agent Watch Your Front Door and Warn Off Intruders
The $199.99 Video Doorbell Series 2 pairs AI detection with a human monitor who can speak through the camera when it spots trouble.
Amazon's Alexa+ comes to India with Hindi support and a long list of local apps
The upgraded AI assistant is now in early testing for all Indian users, free for Prime members after trials end and ₹2,000 a month for everyone else.
Google Is Letting AI Agents Like Claude Control Your Smart Home
A new Google integration gives third-party AI tools access to your lights, locks, cameras and appliance data. It's genuinely useful. It also raises real questions about who's really in charge of your home.
Ugreen Wants to Run Your Entire Smart Home From a Box in Your Living Room
A new platform called HomeAgent keeps your cameras, files, and AI assistant local, meaning your data never has to touch the cloud. No monthly fees, either.
Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Is Coming to Your Fire TV for Free, No Subscription Needed
Amazon is pushing its upgraded AI assistant to millions of Fire TV devices automatically. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and whether you can opt out.
Google's Pet Memory AI Can't Tell One Cat From Another
A two-week real-world test found Google's new feature for identifying individual pets on Nest cameras keeps calling every cat by the same name, with consequences that go beyond the comical.
A $899 AI Litter Box Couldn't Tell Two Very Different Cats Apart
Whisker's Litter-Robot 5 Pro promises AI health tracking and facial recognition for your cats. Six months of testing found the facial recognition failing, the waste sensor misfiring, and one cat mysteriously losing two pounds overnight.
Martha Stewart cofundó una app de IA que gestiona tu hogar
Hint se lanza como una app gratuita para iPhone que crea un perfil de tu casa a partir de registros públicos, realiza un seguimiento de las tareas de mantenimiento y responde preguntas sobre tu seguro y facturas de energía.
Alexa Plus ya puede controlar tu lavadora y reservar tu hotel
El asistente de voz mejorado de Amazon está aprendiendo a controlar decenas de nuevos dispositivos inteligentes y servicios de terceros, utilizando un nuevo estándar de IA que permite a las marcas integrarse mucho más fácilmente.
El Robot que Cautivó Internet Vuelve, Sort Of, como una Cámara de Memoria IA
Una startup llamada Lingverse ha recaudado $29 millones para construir un dispositivo portátil que llama iKairos, invocando el espíritu del querido robot Jibo. Lo que realmente hace es más borroso que las imágenes de IA que genera.