Smart home

Petpuls A.I.-powered dog collar Taking a page out of Pixar’s animated film Up, the Petpuls is a smart dog collared powered by artificial intelligence that aims to determine how your four-legged friend is feeling. Based on the pitch and tone of their barks, Petpuls utilizes voice-recognition technology to inform you if your dog is happy, anxious, angry, sad, or relaxed. … [Read more...] about The best smart home tech of CES 2021

But it does fall short of a true “smart home” appliance. These devices will always feel disconnected from the home as a whole. It’s odd when you can control your lights, your thermostat, your door and window sensors, your sprinklers, your TVs, and your blinds from your smartphone, but not your front door? Well, let’s just say, “one of these things is not like the others.” Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Hampton thinks it’s good. I’m not sure, but I think it might be OK. … [Read more...] about A non-connectivity approach can be practical for a smart home

If you pair it with an Asante sensor, you can use Alexa to control the Asante GarageViewer, and the settings even allow musical light shows for the holidays. However, note that unlike many security cams, there’s no cloud storage option, only a built-in memory card — which is totally free to use, but does fill up over time. … [Read more...] about The best smart garage door openers

Gym-level workouts at home The idea of receiving a full, high-quality workout at home without ever going to the gym was popular long before the pandemic ever reared its ugly head — but now that gyms are closed, it’s even more important for the fitness-minded. CES 2021 has seen a huge number of devices tailored to burning calories and getting toned. … [Read more...] about 5 smart home tech trends we saw at CES 2021

4. Guard your home Echo devices allow you to enable Alexa Guard, which is a feature that listens for noises that indicate danger like breaking glass and alarms. Alexa will send you an alert and a clip of the specific noise to let you know there could be a sign of trouble. As of yet, Google Home (on its own), doesn’t have the capability of acting as a pair of ears that can listen for breaking glass and smoke detectors when you’re not home. … [Read more...] about The 9 things Amazon Echo can do that Google Home can’t