Episode 184 - A Deep Dive into Digital Assistants in the Smart Home

 
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Adam & Richard dive deep into the three major smart home digital assistant platforms. What’s their role in the Smart Home today? They discuss their capabilities, technologies, intricacies, differences, … and weaknesses.

Topics

  • Digital assistant platform comparison

  • Smart home capabilities

Note that we say “Alexa” quite a lot in this episode. We’ve tried something that should prevent Alexa in your home from triggering actions if it overhears us. It may wake up, but it shouldn’t respond or trigger anything. Please let us know if you experienced any problems with this.

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