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Top Smart Home News Stories For The Week Of September 28, 2020

Less manual intervention, more automation, will be the next step for smart homes. Ever wanted to set your own price tag? IFTTT may let you do just that for their Pro service. And… Google Voice Match: How it works and recognizes you. Check out these stories and more in this week’s top smart home news for September 28, 2020.

Alexa For Residential Now Available For Property Management

In order to grow its footprint in the property management technology space, Amazon has launched its new Alexa for Residential service, which it believes will make it easier for property managers to set up Alexa-enabled devices to manage in residential buildings such as condos and apartment complexes.

Seniors Taught To Operate Smart Devices To Stay Connected As The Pandemic Rages On

Age Friendly Saco is connecting 25 older people with tablets and providing training on how to use them. Pairing with the organization’s Technology Handy Helpers program, full training is being provided to make sure participants get the most out of their new devices.

Smart Homes Constantly Change: How Should You Navigate Your Way?

“Smart home” means different things to different people. For some, it’s the convenience of an internet-connected thermostat or the light bulb they control with a smartphone. For others, it’s a life-changing series of integrated systems, complex programming and automation routines that operate with little user intervention. And for others still, it can mean everything in between.

Less Manual Intervention, More Automation, Will Be The Next Step For Smart Homes

Switching from smart to helpful or looking at home as an attitude might be an easier proposition when you aren’t designing or building homes. Builders and developers have a lot to consider to create a seamless, comfortable and safe experience for the resident.

Ever Wanted To Set Your Own Price Tag? IFTTT May Let You Do Just That For Their Pro Service

Popular automation app IFTTT (If This Then That) has rolled out an interesting promotion. Until October 7, subscribers can set their own price for the step-up Pro plan. Literally. There’s a field where you can enter whatever number you want to pay going forward for IFTTT Pro.

Google Voice Match: How It Works And Recognizes You

Google Assistant’s feature, Voice Match, can recognize the voices of up to six different people. That way, once it’s taught each person’s voice, allows people to ask the same Google or Nest device, like a Nest Hub Max, about their calendar events, and receive an answer relevant to them. The system works with all other Google Assistant-compatible smart speakers, too.

How To Keep Your Networks Safe From Shadow IoT Devices?

As employees purchase and connect millions of new IoT devices every year, they are increasingly bringing them to work and connecting them to corporate networks. This innocent act opens corporate networks to potential attack from competitors, hackers, and other adversaries.

Be The Superhero Of Your Smart Home

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