Podcasts by Home: On - a DIY home automation podcast from The Digital Media Zone

Home: On #157–Pondering HomeKit with Jeff Butts from The Mac Observer from 2023-08-28T05:00

Jeff Butts, Managing Editor at The Mac Observer joins us. We ponder why Signify would want to get into the security game (and why consumers would want them to), discuss some updates on previousl...

Home: On #156–The Accessible Smarthome with Dustin Boggus from 2023-05-30T12:18:23

MyHomeKithome YouTuber and podcast host Dustin Boggus joins Richard to talk about accessibility in the smarthome. Sure, it’s fun and futuristic to have lights and digital assistants that obey yo...

Home: On #155–Restarting Insteon with Richard Sudek from Insteon Technologies from 2023-03-06T10:00

Amazon makes an infuriating money grab for Ring app features you’ve been using for years, Sonos is expected to use a product launch as an opportunity to raise prices again, and Leviton will be r...

Home: On #154–Fireside 2022 from 2022-12-25T18:58:53

Richard once again joins other hosts from the Technology.FM podcasts to share in their annual tradition of the fireside chat. What caught their attention this year, what do they think will be bi...

Home: On #153–Sending Signals with Matt Corey from 2022-10-22T03:47:46

Chamberlain kills its overpriced, unreliable HomeKit Home Bridge, Tado has a money-saving program that might use more energy, Lutron adds to its Caséta lineup, and everyone’s getting into Matter...

Home: On #152–Starting Fresh with Kent Fellure from 2022-08-29T09:00

You’re moving into a new home, and you want to do things right from the start. Where do you begin? This is the situation Richard’s friend Kent Fellure finds himself in, and we’re delighted to ta...

Home: On #151–Some Help with Robert Spivack from DoItForMe Solutions from 2022-07-18T09:00

What do you do when you hit a wall on your smart home projects? You can’t do something, don’t know something, or just don’t have the time. Robert Spivak of DoItForMe Solutions is here to help! T...

Home: On #150–Decora Smart with Greg Rhoades from Leviton from 2022-06-21T08:00

IKEA has a new smart home hub in the wings with yet another name we’ll all be trying to pronounce, Amazon ditches its old Cloud Cam but makes good on customers’ investments, and Insteon is back ...

Home: On #149–A New Hope with Rohan Karamandi from 2022-06-02T09:00

With Insteon gone, companies are stepping up to fill in the gaps for thousands of smart home customers. Rohan Karamandi, co-host of the Home Assistant Podcast joins us to discuss all of this. An...

Home: On #148–A Disgraceful Exit with Seth Johnson from 2022-04-18T22:58:27

Seth Johnson is here to help make sense of some of the latest smart home news. While it’s a slow product season, two brands, iHome and Insteon, have gone dark with little to no notice! Meanwhile...

Home: On #147–Simpler Security with Erik Glassen from Kwikset from 2022-04-07T09:00

After a year’s hiatus, we are back to catch up on some of the recent news: A new smart switch from ORRO, more delays in the Matter standard, and a retail pioneer says goodbye. And Erik Glassen j...

Home: On #146–Let’s Reset with Dave McCabe from 2021-03-29T09:00

RESET podcast’s Dave McCabe helps us reset our own show as we prepare for a new year of smart home products and services. We discuss new Ring and Philips Hue products plus a new feature from Rin...

Home: On #095 – Kitchen Panels, with Mike Wolf from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Smart Kitchen Summit's curator, Mike Wolf, joins us to review the discussions that Richard facilitated at this year's event. Included in this episode, you'll hear Richard's own panel, Don't Bri...

Home: On #094 – Security News, with Rose Thibodeaux from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

With lots of new security products in the news, who better to join us than Home Alarm Report’s Rose Thibodeaux! We walk through the anticipated offerings from Nest and Ring, plus we look at all the...

Home: On #093 – CEDIA 2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

CEDIA 2017 was in San Diego this year, and we were on the ground to see what’s trending. We spoke with some of our old friends, and we spent time with some vendors we haven’t previously interviewed...

Home: On #092 – System Recovery, with Doug Krug from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's been a long time since we've covered the news, and the DMZ's newest contributor, Doug Krug, helps us wade through some of the news we missed. Will.i.am breathes new life into Wink; Ring, Schla...

Home: On #145–Fireside 2020 from 2020-12-28T09:00

It’s time for the Technology.FM year-end fireside chat, featuring HomeTech hosts Seth Johnson and Jason Griffing plus Richard's Smart Home Show co-host Adam Justice.

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Home: On #144–Smart Gifting with Marlon Buchanan from 2020-12-20T10:00

There’s still time left to get a smart gift for the favorite geek in your life. Of course, nowadays smart home products are showing up everywhere—in bedrooms, family rooms, and kitchens—and beco...

Home: On #143–The Red Switch with Nathan Harte from Inovelli from 2020-11-25T10:00

Wyze introduces even more new products at record low prices, Cree returns to the smart bulb market, and Amazon is ready to leave packages inside your garage. We discuss all this and more, plus w...

Home: On #142–Smart Water with Mason Hall from Moen from 2020-11-15T09:00

Apple’s Adaptive Lighting is finally starting to come to products in the U.S, Wyze’s new $20 camera works indoors and out, and Moen’s Mason Hall provides some context around how the U by Moen fa...

Home: On #141–Thread’s Back! with Dan Seifert from The Verge from 2020-10-29T07:00

Google discontinues Nest Secure while introducing new Nest products that feel a whole lot more Google than Nest. Plus product announcements from Feit, Yale, GE Lighting, and more...all with insi...

Home: On #140–Product Recommendations with Dan Wroclawski of Consumer Reports from 2020-10-13T07:00

Consumer Reports’ Dan Wroclawski joins us to run through the latest new products from Amazon, Ring, Wyze, and more! And if you’re interested in CR’s smart home product picks, Dan has you covered...

Home: On #139–Going Pro with Linden Tibbets of IFTTT from 2020-09-14T09:00

Level one-ups Kevo, Signify announces another expensive Philips Hue entertainment product, and Wink lets customers down...again. But the real news is IFTTT’s new Pro offering, and Linden Tibbets...

Home: On #138–The Latest Projects with Adam Justice from 2020-09-01T07:00

ConnectSense CEO Adam Justice joins us to run through some recent industry news stories, and Adam and Richard both have some updates on what’s been happening in their respective smart homes—even...

Home: On #137–The Summer Keynotes with Chris Young from Homekitgeek from 2020-07-30T08:00

Chris Young, a.k.a. Homekitgeek, joins me to catch up on some smart home news from the past few weeks. We ponder the rash of products and services going away and Wink’s now-started subscription ...

Home: On #136 – A Smarter Pool with Justin Miller from ConnectedYard from 2020-06-22T09:10:18

Sonos and Lutron deliver new hardware, Ecobee forces customers to enable its new Eco+ feature, and lots of companies deliver the products they showed at CES. Plus we talk with ConnectedYard foun...

Home: On #135 – Familiar Voices from 2020-05-22T12:41:32

We have a terrific lineup of guests for this long-overdue episode, and we're talking with each of them about projects they've been taking on while hunkering down this Spring for COVID: Adam Miar...

Home: On #134 – A Seamless Experience with Blake Arnold from Samsung SmartThings from 2020-03-20T08:00

Device manufacturers roll out updates enabling HomeKit Secure Video and HomeKit router support, Level is shipping its stealthy smart lock, and Insteon’s long-awaited app update is now in public ...

Home: On #133 – The RF Solution with Zohar Shinar from Olibra from 2020-02-26T14:27:59

Some products we saw at CES are starting to hit the market while both Nest and Ring announce they'll be requiring customers to use two-factor authentication. And Olibra's founder and CEO, Zohar ...

Home: On #132 – CES Wrap-up, with Josh Pollard from 2020-01-28T14:43:53

With CES in the rear-view mirror, Josh Pollard joins us to review the smart home products we took most interest in at CES 2020, including some vendor interviews and our favorite picks.

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Home: On #131 – CES Realities with Molly Price from CNET from 2020-01-05T18:56:48

CNET’s Molly Price joins the show to review the latest news and updates and to take a look back and ahead at CES. What was hot last year, which companies met the expectations they created, and w...

Home: On #130 – Fireside'19 from 2019-12-23T10:00

With the weather getting colder and the holidays right upon us, the Technology.FM hosts get together once again for their annual fireside chat. Now joined by Adam Justice, they discuss some of t...

Home: On #129 – Your Abode, with Scott Beck from 2019-12-16T09:00

Wyze disrupts another product segment with the announcement of its new $90 smart lock, ConnectSense introduces some new products, and Abode Systems’ Scott Beck joins us to talk about their produ...

Home: On #128 – The Smartest Products, with Agnes Lorenz from 2019-11-27T09:00

Samsung doubles down on SmartThings, Home Depot confuses customers with new Philips connected bulbs, and the August View is back. Plus: Agnes Lorenz from The Smartest House joins us to dive into...

Home: On #127 – Precision Cooking, with Steve Svajian from 2019-10-31T07:00

The Wink hub seems to be one step closer to death, Google announces a bunch of new Nest products, and Signify acquires Eaton Lighting. Plus Anova Culinary’s Steve Svajian joins us to discuss the...

Home: On #126 – Saving Lives, with Joel Sellinger from 2019-10-07T08:00

We have highlights from CEDIA, a ton of new products and services from Amazon, useful updates from Yonomi, and our special guest co-host, Joel Sellinger, co-founder of LifeDoor. Joel talks abou...

Home: On #125 – Saving Energy, with Mike Phillips from 2019-09-13T13:33:22

Your devices and services may or may not still work with Nest now, Johnson Controls pulls Cortana from its Cortana-based thermostat, and a recent hub update brings us one step closer to the new ...

Home: On #124 – Smart Locks, with Lee Odess from 2019-08-19T09:00

Lee Odess, VP from Allegion, the makers of Schlage locks, joins the us to discuss the latest smart home news, and there are plenty of updates to cover. Then Lee walks us through Schlage’s long l...

Home: On #123 – Kitchen Design, with Katy Olson from 2019-07-23T09:00

In addition to the latest news from Wyze, Nest, and more, we’re trying something different this time. AD Pro Editor Katy Olson joins us to discuss kitchen design trends and how technology might ...

Home: On #122 – Home Projects, with Jimmy Hawkins from 2019-07-08T09:00

Insteon reveals what they’ve been working on for the past year or so, new SmartThings and Philips Hue devices will work without a hub, and Wink reminds us it’s still alive by announcing new prod...

Home: On #121 – Halo Home, with Bryant Bilal from 2019-06-12T09:00:21

Apple introduces some improvements to HomeKit at this year’s developer conference; Lutron announces a brilliant, new retrofit lighting controller; and Eaton Lighting’s Bryant Bilal joins us to t...

Home: On #120 – The Reimagined Switch, with Colin Billings from 2019-05-24T21:59:30

Google backpedals after abruptly announcing the shutdown of its Works with Nest program, Ring Smart Lighting products arrive, and the Google Assistant finally lands on Sonos devices. Orro founde...

Home: On #119 – Mixed News, with Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from 2019-05-07T09:00:45

There’s good news and there’s bad news. Several new devices are offering HomeKit support while Stringify users scramble for alternative automation solutions. Journalist Jennifer Pattison Tuohy j...

Home: On #118 – Kitchen Commerce from 2019-04-17T09:00:35

We’re sharing a panel Richard moderated at the last Smart Kitchen Summit about commerce in the kitchen. How do you sell stuff to consumers in their own homes without it feeling annoying? And we ...

Home: On #117–Lowe’s Redemption, with Tony Raynor from 2019-03-22T08:00:18

Lowe’s Iris is shutting down in just a few days. How is Lowe’s handling the ramp-down process, and where do you go now? Long time friend of the DMZ and Iris user Tony Raynor joins us to discuss ...

Home: On #116–Lighting Updates, with Jianhui He from 2019-03-04T09:00:58

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on smart home news, so we have some catching up to do. Richard covers a few news stories and updates, and Jianhui He from LEDVANCE joins the show to talk...

Home: On #115–CES 2019 from 2019-02-11T09:00:40

When we were at CES, we saw lots of cool, new products. This year was again more evolutionary than revolutionary, but that doesn’t mean it wasn't interesting!

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Home: On #114–Seeking Robots, with Andrew Gebhart from 2019-01-08T00:37:56

It’s a new year, and we’re ready for CES…so what’s that all mean? It’s time to get together again with our friends from CNET. Andrew Gebhart joins us this time to review last year’s show and spe...

Home: On #113–Fireside’18 from 2019-01-02T21:35:59

This is the DMZ's obsessively edited cut of the annual Technology.FM fireside chat, moderated by Seth Johnson, with Jason Griffing, Mike Wolf, Rose Thibodeaux, and Richard Gunther.

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Home: On #112–Google’s Home, with Josh Pollard from 2018-11-21T09:00:05

Richard looks back at last month’s Smart Kitchen Summit, TiVo starts rolling out some smart home features to customers, and Josh Pollard joins us to share his thoughts on some of Google’s new Ho...

Home: On #111–Helping Neighbors, with Jamie Siminoff from 2018-10-15T08:00:16

We're excited to be joined again by Ring founder Jamie Siminoff. He helps us unpack all of last month’s product news from Amazon and gives us some insight into Ring’s recent growth and success. ...

Home: On #110–Creative Lighting, with Marc Alexander from 2018-10-02T08:00:51

Cortana and Alexa trade spaces, IKEA expands its smart home offerings, and Marc Alexander, the CTO and co-founder of LIFX joins us for a great conversation about their company and product offeri...

Home: On #109–CEDIA Live! from 2018-09-11T07:00:19

We’re in San Diego, California, live-ish at the 2018 CEDIA Expo. We had some great discussions with Control4, Insteon, Sonos, Monoprice and the Z-Wave Alliance—organizations that each span the g...

Home: On #108–Talking Polyglots, with Brad McAdams from 2018-08-23T07:33:46

Samsung announces a new SmartThings hub and Bixby-powered speaker, June introduces a second-generation smart oven with a dramatically lower price, and Brad McAdams joins us from Universal Device...

Home: On #107–A Diplomatic Rant, with Joe Dugandzic from 2018-08-13T08:00:32

Honeywell, Netgear, and Philips have new smart home products, Ecobee wants to save you some more money, and Richard’s sick of everyone triggering his digital assistants. We’re joined by smart ho...

Home: On #106–Lights: On, with Carlton Bale from 2018-07-24T20:52:42

This episode is all about lighting! Richard shares interviews with Avi-on, Feit Electric, Sylvania, and Noon Home from his visit to Lightfair and discusses show highlights with attendee Carlton ...

Home: On #105–The HomeKit Draft, with Adam Justice from 2018-06-15T09:00:18

Adam Justice from ConnectSense joins the show again to discuss the latest smart home news, and he’s on location at Apple’s WWDC in San Jose. They discuss what’s going on there, including reviewi...

Home: On #104–Going Local, with Patrick Stuart from 2018-05-21T09:00:09

There’s a new hub in town, and its name is Hubitat Elevation. Hubitat’s Patrick Stuart joins us to discuss why their local control solution is better for you, your home, and your data than just ...

Home: On #103–Product Updates, with Nick Langston from 2018-05-01T09:00:29

Philips gets into outdoor lighting, Nest finally releases some new products including the long-awaited Yale door lock and remote temperature sensors! There’s a bunch of other products updates, t...

Home: On #102–Leveraging Platforms, with Kent Dickson from 2018-04-02T08:00:16

Richard spends some time catching up with Yonomi CEO Kent Dickson at this year’s SXSW. Yonomi has been rolling out some big updates for users of its smart home app, but the real power behind thi...

Home: On #101–Hey Lady, with Adam Justice from 2018-03-06T08:00:36

Adam Justice returns to discuss the latest connected home news before sharing his thoughts on and experience with Apple’s latest entry into the smart speaker space. In the news: new products fro...

Home: On #100–The Hundredth One, with Josh Pollard from 2018-02-21T09:00

Can you believe we’ve done this one hundred times now? So of course I invited Josh Pollard back to reminisce about the last four and a half years of Home: On and the smart home industry at large...

Home: On #099–CES Afar, with Seth Johnson from 2018-02-05T09:00:08

CES 2018 is in our past, but we have some final stories to share and some perspectives from on the show floor and from afar as HomeTech.FM’s Seth Johnson joins us to discuss the highs, lows, and...

Home: On #098–CES Wishes, with Megan Wollerton from 2018-01-07T10:00:21

CES is right around the corner, and in what has become something of a tradition, we’re joined by one of the tech experts from CNET’s Smart Home. This year, Megan Wollerton helps recap last year’...

Home: On #097–Fireside’17, from Technology.FM [fixed] from 2017-12-27T19:24:25

In what has become something of an annual tradition, we’re happy to bring you the Technology.FM Fireside Chat (DMZ Remix). Richard again joins Jason Griffing, Seth Johnson, and Mike Wolf for thi...

Home: On #096 – Project Updates, with Josh Pollard from 2017-12-11T11:00:42

Harman Kardon has released a Cortana-powered speaker while Apple delays its own, Wink gets into the security space as ADT puts legal pressure on Ring, and one of our favorites, Stack Lighting, has ...