The Smart Home Show
Episodes
Swapping Smart Home Stories With CE Pro's Julie Jacobson
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike has known Julie since the 90's when she became a must-read for anyone following the connected home. She still is a must read, so Mike was ex...
BONUS: Food Service Robots & The Meat Juice Problem
17 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We have a new Smart Home Show coming this week, but why not try out Mike's other show, the Smart Kitchen Show? This week, Mike and Ashley catch...
Why Wi-Fi is Interesting Again
10 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Wi-Fi has been around for close to 20 years and the experience is still largely sub-par for many homes. We discuss why with Rob Conant of Cirrent, as ...
Analyzing The Smart Home Landscape With Nate Williams of August
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lots going on in smart home, so we decided to catch up with one of the smartest guys in the space to talk about what exactly is going on. We talk abo...
The WWDC 2016 Smart Home Review
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What did Apple announce at their Worldwide Developer Conference in smart home? Listen to the podcast to find out! Specifically: -Mike talks about the...
Predicting Apple's Smart Home Announcements for WWDC With Adam Justice of ConnectSense
12 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Justice, cofounder of ConnectSense, maker of HomeKit powered smart home gear, sits in with Mike on the episode as we speculate about what Apple m...
Tony Fadell Leaves, What's Next for Nest & An Apple Visual Interface
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Mike talks with Nick Weaver, CEO of Eero, a company that just received a $50 million funding round to invest in the development of its...
Apple Is Apparently Getting Siri-ous About Smart Home
30 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week rumors of an Apple answer to Echo were surfaced by The Information, plus Belkin launches smart water joint venture called Phyn, Pebble creat...
So What The Heck Is Google Home?
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Peter Taylor from Belkin WEMO discuss what exactly Google announced yesterday with Google Home. We also get an update from Peter on their rec...
Amazon Wants Us To Push Their Everything Button
18 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Mike and Yonomi CEO Kent Dickson talk about Amazon's do-everything button, rumors of Google's Echo competitor and what a de...
Knock Knock, Who's Killing It in Video Doorbells? Ring's Jamie Siminoff
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with Jamie Siminoff, CEO of Ring. Over two years ago, Jamie went on Shark Tank. Mark Cuban and others passed, and since then they&#...
Listen Up! We're Talking Sound Detection And The Smart Home
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You think Alexa has the market cornered on audio detection in the smart home? Think again. In this episode of the Smart Home Show we talk with Audio...
Talking Smart Home and Security With Control4's Paul Williams
15 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike catches up with Paul Williams, Control4's VP of Solutions and discusses what he saw at ISC West, the big security show in Vegas. They also...
Tony Fadell And The Mess at Nest
02 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features a conversation with Home:On's Richard Gunther at SXSW as well as an update on smart home news, including: -the mess at Nes...
Hey Sonos, Meet Apple
13 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks about Sonos layoffs and how Apple should make a move, as well as gives his thoughts on the Dot and Tap. In the second hal...
Meet Josh, The Voice Powered AI for The CEDIA Channel
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks to Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Jstar, the company behind Josh. Josh is a voice virtual assistant for the smart home. You ...
Alexa, Hire Me Some Smart Home Folks
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode features guest Jeff Lyman, the Chief Marketing Officer of Vivint. Mike also reviews the news, including ADT's acquisiti...
A Look at Bluetooth's 2016 Roadmap With Mark Powell
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike catches up with Mark Powell, Executive Director of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, on what to expect from Bluetooth in 2016 and Bluetooth&#...
Talking Dash Replenishment Service With Amazon's Daniel Rausch
13 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks with Daniel Rausch, who heads up the Dash Replenishment Service program at Amazon. Follow Mike on Twitter at www.twitter....
The Smart Home 2016 Outlook
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's the 2016 smart home outlook show. Yes, Mike manages to talk to himself for 30 minutes straight to give you his 2016 smart home outlook. I...
What Happened In Smart Kitchen at CES 2016
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is an episode originally published over the the Smart Kitchen Show. It's a look at what happened around smart kitchen at CES 2016. If you ...
CES 2016 Smart Home Show Live
09 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike podcasts live on Thursday from show floor of CES 2016. His guests include: -Richard Gunther, Host of Home:On podcast -Steve Svajian, CEO of Anov...
CES 2016 Smart Home Update - Day Zero
06 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike is doing updates about the smart home news and trends he's seeing at CES 2016! This is his update from CES Unveiled and some day before news...
Technology.FM Fireside: A Very Smart Home Holiday
19 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very Smart Home Christmas special. This is a podcast with folks from three podcasts: HomeTech.FM, Home: On and the Smart Home Show, all p...
Talking Future of Smart Home Retail With b8ta's Phillip Raub
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On the previous episode Mike talked about b8ta. On this episode, he talks TO b8ta. That's right, he goes directly to the source to have a convers...
B8ta Testing A New Retail Concept
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mike talks about b8ta, a new IoT retail store concept, OIC and UPnP and the OnHub shell maker program. He also talks with Wendy Qi, co...
Smart Home Show Live
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of the Smart Home Show Live, which was recorded on November 19th at the Target Open House smart home concept store in San Francisc...
The Lowe Down: Iris 2.0 Is Here
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After much anticipation, Lowes new Iris platform is available. We get the lowe-down (sorry) from Mick Koster, the GM of Iris at Lowes. You can get s...
A Post Game Analysis Of The Smart Kitchen Summit
14 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mike is joined by Frank D'Andrea as they do a post game wrap up of the Smart Kitchen Summit. If you want to check out the Summit sessions yourse...
HomeKit, CEDIA and Smart Kitchens!
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we have a two-parter as Mike catches up with Richard Gunther before he flies to Seattle for the Smart Kitchen Summit. On the second ...
August CEO Jason Johnson Talks About Their New Products
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I caught up with Jason Johnson to hear about their new lock products, which include: -a new HomeKit smart lock -video doorbell -a key pad add-on -a ...
Apple Gets Artificially Intelligent
14 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest is Al Baker, CEO of Reemo, a company building technology to allow wearables and smart home gear to help elderly people live mor...
Amazon Ups Ante In Connected Home Cold War
04 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mike visits with Korner CEO Steve Hollis to talk about the recent moves by Amazon to drop Apple TV from Amazon.com (and what it means for the connecte...
It's Smart Lock Madness!
20 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We got a two-for-one smart lock special today as we visit with the CEOs of LockState and Westinghouse Security to talk smart locks. We talk to Nolan ...
Special: Pie, Robot
12 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I (Mike) am pretty excited to announce a new podcast called Smart Kitchen Show. I know, I need to work on more original names, but I'm pretty pro...
Amazon Apparently Spells Cabinet With a K
02 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Mike talks with Kassir Hussain, the head of Connected Home for British Gas. Mike also catches you up on the news, including Amazon&...
A Smart Home Hubtacular
22 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Google announced a new home router this week called the OnHub, and it looks an awful lot like a smart home hub. We also discuss the SmartThings v2 Hu...
The SMMรRT Hร M SFOW
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mike talks HomeKit, IKEA, smart home security holes and smart home retail with Richard Gunther of Home: On. The title reads Smart Home Show...
Nest Learns The Alphabet
13 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks about: -Google becomes Alphabet, what does that mean for Nest? -Ben Kaufman is out at Quirky, what does it mean for Wink? ...
Who's Gonna Buy Wink?
26 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike wonders who in the heck will buy financially troubled Wink, pauses to appreciate HomeKit's strict security requirements and...
Mike Podcasts From The Korner Office
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mike drops by the Korner office and records his lunch conversation with Steve Hollis, CEO of the smart security startup. Find out more about Korner a...
HAB You Been IFTTT'd?
04 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week's show is a two parter: First we talk the week's news with Dan Roberts, cofounder of Scout Alarm. We also talk to Dan about being...
Hey Alexa, Tell Me What's Going On In the Smart Home
28 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast features Cameron Robertson, CEO of smart lock maker Lockitron. Mike and Cameron catch up on the smart home news, including: ...
The Smart Home Shakeout
21 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast features Andrew Thomas, cofounder of Skybell, and Ben Stagg, CEO of Halo Smart Labs. In the first segment, Andrew and Mike t...
Rise of the Machines: When Dumb Appliances Become Smart
13 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's just a matter of time before all the dumb machines in our home become smart. You know that right? In this episode Mike and guest Shane Dyer...
So What's Next For Nest?
07 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: -Mike wonders what's next for Nest and what they'll announce on June 17th -Mike and BeOn Home's Alexei Erchak talk ab...
Let's Talk Google Brillo and Weave, Shall We?
31 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Jason Johnson break down what they think Google Brillo and Weave - Google's new IoT/Smart Home OS and protocol -are and also talk HomeKi...
A Talk With Matt Furlong, GM of Amazon's Home Automation Store
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Smart Home Show, we talk about Google's smart home teddy bear patent, Alarm.com's IPO and the entry of China's b...
Creating a DIY Smart Home Installer Business With Branton Ellerbee
24 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks about the new Google IoT OS (that's really a smart home OS) and reveals some exclusive info he uncovered about the ne...
Talking Smart Thermostats With Ecobee's Stuart Lombard
09 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Stuart Lombard, CEO of Ecobee In this episode, Mike catches up on some recent smart home news, gives a quick review of his Ecobee3, and talks ...
It's The Bring Your Pet to The Smart Home Show
28 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It's pet day on the Smart Home Show! So where does Fido fit into the smart home? You'll find out on today's episode, which is all abou...
The All-Amazon Smart Home Speculation Episode
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly is Amazon up to in the smart home? That's what we try to figure out on today's Smart Home Show! We talk everything from thei...
Unikey CEO Phil Dumas On $10 Million Funding Round, State Of Smart Lock Market
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Unikey's Phil Dumas. Today Unikey announced a $10 million series A funding round. I caught up with the company's CEO Phil Dumas to t...
Zigbee-Thread Part 2: A Talk With Heads of Zigbee Aliance & Thread Group
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Zigbee-Thread Part 2: A talk with Tobin Richardson, President of Zigbee Alliance & Chris Boross, President of Thread Group. Mike talks to Tobin ...
Analyzing The Zigbee/Thread Agreement With GreenPeak's Cees Links
12 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: GreenPeak CEO Cees Links GreenPeak is one of the leading providers of Zigbee chips, so I caught up with CEO Cees Links to talk about what the ...
What's Cooking In The Smart Kitchen With The Orange Chef's Santiago Merea
10 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: CEO/Founder of smart kitchen startup Orange Chef, Santiago Merea. In this episode Mike and Santiago talk about the Orange Chef's new smar...
Weekly Update: Amazon Home Services, Dash Button, Smart Kitchen
08 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the Smart Home Show weekly update for week of April 7, 2014. Stories covered: -Amazon's Home Services -The Dash Button -Google's Ho...
Smart Home Show: Going Deep on HomeKit With iDevices Chris Allen
30 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike talks to the CEO of iDevices about his HomeKit efforts. And bonus: Mike answers a couple listener emails. You can find out more...
Smart Home Show: Control4's Martin Plaehn
25 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Martin Plaehn, CEO of Control4 Mike is happy to welcome Martin Plaehn, the CEO of Control4. Control4 is an interesting company because it'...
Smart Home Show: Heading Out To The Smart Garage With Chamberlain
14 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Cory Sorice, VP of Marketing, Connected Products for Chamberlain. What is the #1 reason people stress they forgot to do when they left home? ...
Smart Home Show: Logitech's Mark Spates On The Remote Control's Role in Smart Home
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Mark Spates, Head of Smart Home Platforms for Logitech. In this podcast, Mike catches up with Mark Spates to talk about the role of the remote...
Smart Home Weekly: Bluetooth Mesh, ADT Ads, Nest Protect, Homekit Fail?
28 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the smart home weekly news update for the week ending February 17, 2015 (Leonard Nimoy Day). In this podcast, Mike talks about: -The new Blue...
Smart Home Show: Talking Smart Doorbells With Skybell's Andrew Thomas
15 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wish you could see who's at your front door on your phone, either at work or from the couch? You might want to get a smart doorbell like Sk...
Smart Home Show: Building a Better (and Smart Home-Enabled) Router w/Securifi
06 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mike talks with Securifi's Ram Malasani about the company's new Almond+ home automation enabled router. The home router was in ne...
Smart Home Show: Lockitron's Cameron Robertson & The Story Behind The New Bolt Smart Lock
29 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After having a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign in 2012 for their Wi-Fi smart lock, Lockitron struggled to get the product to work well with Wi...
Smart Home Show: The Open Interconnect Consortium
28 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This Smart Home Show features Dave McCall of the Open Interconnect Consortium, a group of companies developing a framework and a standard for better d...
Smart Home Weekly: HomeKit Rumors, Slow Echo, Harmony API & More
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the Smart Home Weekly podcast from the Smart Home Show for the week of January 26, 2015. You can get the written version of this (w/links to ...
Smart Home Show: The Smart Kitchen with Drop's Ben Harris
23 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Ben Harris, CEO of Drop, the connected scale maker. We talk about the smart kitchen on this show with Ben Harris. You can find out more about...
CES 2015 - Smart Home Show
17 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The full Smart Home review from CES 2015. Sure it's a week after CES, but if you want a guide to most everything that happened at CES for smart ...
Smart Home Show: The Biggest Stories from Smart Home in 2014
04 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mike bravely battles a cold to bring you the biggest stories from 2014 in smart home just before he gets ready to fly to Vegas for CES 2015. Subscrib...
Smart Home Show: The Smart Home Gift Buying Guide
10 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the only smart home gift buying guide you'll need. Sure, you can find lots of lists on the Internet, but in this podcast Mike gives you ...
Smart Home Show: Talking Smart Water With Sunnovations' Matt Carlson
09 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we talk with Sunnovations Matt Carlson about their new smart hot water heater device, Aquanta. We also announce the winner of our la...
Smart Home Show: Defining The Internet of Things With The Folks From Farstuff
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's another crossover, this time with the folks from www.farstuff.com Mike talks about the Internet of Things with Andreea and Charles from the...
Smart Home Weekly Update: Blossom, Vera, HomeKit, Zigbee 3.0 & More w/Seth Johnson
25 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's the smart home weekly update (kinda) for November 23, 2014. I cheated a bit as I was a guest on the HomeTech.FM podcast (www.hometech.fm) wi...
Smart Home Show: A Very Special Episode With Blossom
22 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, so I couldn't resist the Blossom reference (and I know its dating me), but still this episode is still pretty special since we talk to Manriq...
Smart Home Show : Talking Smart Home With Underwriter's Laboratories' Tom Blewitt
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mike talks with that company that puts a UL on all those devices in your home, Underwriter's Laboratories. He talks to Tom Blewitt, wh...
Smart Home Weekly: Amazon Echo, iDevices $10 Mil, Target Smart Home, Quirky Goes Nuts
15 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending November 15, 2014. In this episode, I talk about: -Amazon's Echo (and whether its...
Smart Home Show: iDevices $10 Million HomeKit Bet With Chris Allen
08 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This week, iDevices surprised most everyone when they announced they'd invested $10 million in HomeKit-centric smart home development. This invol...
Smart Home Show: Talking Retrofit Smart Home With Roost's Roel Peeters
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A podcast 2-fer: A weekly update and an interview with Roost's Roel Peeters. We combined the smart home weekly update this week with an intervie...
Smart Home Weekly: The (Nearly) All Revolv/Nest Acquisition Edition
29 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 26, 2014. This episode is almost entirely about the Revolv acquisition by Nest...
Smart Home Show Weekly for 10/18/14: Bluetooth Smart Home, August/Danalock, Oort, CSR
18 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 18, 2014. All the big stories for the smart home discussed in one podcast. Also, we�...
Smart Home Show: The Evolution of WeMo With Ohad Zeira
17 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: WeMo's Ohad Zeira Belkin's WeMo has been one of the most popular DIY smart home line of products around. Mike catches up with Ohad Z...
Smart Home Weekly for 10/11/14: Apple TV/HomeKit, WeMo CoffeePot, Best Buy
12 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Smart Home Weekly news wrap up for the week ending October 11, 2014. All the big stories for the smart home discussed in one podcast. Stories t...
Smart Home Show: The Bluetooth Smart Home With Oort's Radek Tadajewski
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Radek Tadajewski of Oort. Mike goes deep on the Bluetooth centric smart home with Oort's Radek Tadajewski, which is launching their Bluet...
Smart Home Show: Wally Home's Jeremy Jaech
03 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Jeremy Jaech, CEO of SNUPI, creator or Wally Home. In this episode, Mike catches up with Jeremy Jaech, longtime Seattle entrepreneur and the ...
Smart Home Week in Review: Amazon's smart home, Wink Relay, Goji Goes Dark
30 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This Week in Smart Home, Smart Home Week in Review (or whatever!) for week ending September 26 (plus a few bonus days). Mike talks about his thoughts...
Smart Home Shark Tank (Aka Convince the Analyst) #1: Mason Lawlor & SmartKit
20 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first (of maybe more) Smart Home Shark Tank segments in which Mike takes a pitch, gives feedback and maybe even convinces someone to mak...
Smart Home Week in Review: The CEDIA Downstroke, IControl Lawyer's Up, Logitech Gets Smart
20 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's This Week in Smart Home (TWISH) or Smart Home Week in Review (SHWIR), or whatever you want to call it. It's essentially the audio vers...
Smart Home Week in Review For 9/12/14: Apple Watch Breakdown & Let's Meet a Listener
12 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's an abbreviated smart home week in review for September 12, 2014 as Mike prepares to leave for CEDIA. The week was all about Apple, and giv...
Smart Home Week In Review For Week Ending Sep 6, 2014
05 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the smart home week in review for the week ending September 6, 2014! The week started slow as folks recovered from Labor day weekend and shut...
Smart Home Show #31: Arrayent's Shane Dyer
03 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Arrayent CEO Shane Dyer While most people in the smart home space are familiar with the consumer-facing platforms, often times there is a comp...
Smart Home Week in Review #2 (Aug 30, 2014)with Richard Gunther
30 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We've got all your smart home news covered for the week ending August 30th, 2014! Mike's guest is Richard Gunther, host of the Home: On pod...
SHS #30 - The Peฬq Smart Home Hub
29 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Smart Home Ventures debuted a new smart home hub called Peฬq, which will be available through Best Buy on August 31st. I caught up with ...
Smart Home Week In Review #1: peฬq, Wink, Thread, Savant, Apple TV
23 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The first Smart Home Week in Review edition of the Smart Home Show for the week ending August 24th, 2014! Mike breaks it down with his all-time favor...
SHS #28 - Talking smart lighting with Emberlight's Atif Noori
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Atif Noori of Emberlight Emberlight created a smart lighting adapter that turns any light socket into a smart light socket. I thought the use ...
SHS #27: A conversation with Wink's Chaz Flexman
21 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Chaz Flexman, GM of Wink Wink came out nowhere this summer, and surprised a lot of people as the new spinout from Quirky announced its new hub...
SHS#26: A Talk With Lowe's Smart Home GM Kevin Meagher
08 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Kevin Meagher, GM and VP of Smart Home at Lowe's This week I caught up with Kevin Meagher, who heads up the smart home effort at Lowe...
SHS #25: No more dumb sprinklers! Talking smart irrigation with Rachio's Chris Klein
01 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Rach.io's Chris Klein Is your sprinkler system dumb? Maybe it's time to make it smart. Rachio builds a Wi-Fi connected sprinkler/ir...
SHS #24: Talking Z-Wave and Smart Home with Mark Walters
31 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Mark Walters, Chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance A whole lots been going on in the smart home world lately, including a whole bunch of new tech s...
SHS #23: Talking About Thread With Chris Boross
24 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Chris Boross, President of the Thread Group Last week, Nest, Samsung and five other companies announced Thread, a new wireless networking prot...