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From smart homes to folding phones, here’s what we expect to see at the IFA trade show next week.

The article discusses expectations for smart home announcements at the upcoming IFA tech show in Berlin. While companies may unveil new smart speakers, cameras and robot vacuums, the smart home remains fragmented as the Matter interoperability standard has yet to fully deliver on integrating devices. The author argues the industry needs to provide more utility than novelty by allowing different smart devices to work together seamlessly. Examples mentioned include lights notifying users of doorbell activity or a robot vacuum taking on multiple household chores autonomously. Overall, the smart home needs solutions that are essential rather than just novel if consumers are to see the value beyond the initial cool factor.

  • Luca@lemmy.eic.lu
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    1 year ago

    What is needed is an open, standardized hardware platform. You should be about to flash on the IoT OS of your choice that will be kept up to date.

    ESPHome

    • jabjoeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s one, but there are lots of random ARM devices. Many Linux. But there is no chance of updating them. There are ESP devices you don’t stand much chance of doing much with as well.