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On this week's show: Sonos tries the careful rollout thing with a new voice assistant, Amazon turns one hardware event into five Echo announcements, Netflix wants AI to end your endless scrolling, ADT is getting acquired by private equity, and Home Assistant’s 2026.11 beta brings Matter cameras, two-way talk, and HACS baked right in. We’ve also got listener feedback, project updates from the yard to the dashboard, and so much more!
HomeTech HeadlinesSonos' new voice assistant is launching in early access on November 6 - Engadget
Netflix thinks AI might save you from scrolling aimlessly for something to watch - Engadget
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion
Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware eventAmazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos
Amazon’s Echo Show 16 finally lets you decide what your smart display is for
Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping
Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera

“What the Heck?!” 2026: Everyone at home gets a say
Matter cameras and two-way talk officially arrive in Home Assistant 2026.11
2026.11 Beta: A lot in store!

On this week's show: Sony may be done with standalone UHD Blu-ray players, HACS gets folded into Home Assistant as the Marketplace, SMLIGHT tries Zigbee over Ethernet, and Ubiquiti keeps expanding the UniFi empire with long-range PoE and Thread-ready Wi-Fi 7 access points. We also hit CEDIA award winners, Everything Smart Home joining Works with Home Assistant, a few smart-home community notes, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Home Assistant Community Day: November 7, 2026Columbus, Ohio Meetup · Luma
Open Home Foundation Community Day · Events Calendar

HomeTech HeadlinesSony reportedly exits UHD Blu-ray player market
HACS is now built into Home Assistant
ZREL — Zigbee over Ethernet
Introducing UniFi Long-Range PoE Switching
Ubiquiti is putting Thread inside UniFi Wi-Fi 7 access points — turning them into smart home infrastructure

Everything Smart Home joins Works with Home Assistant
From the ifttt community on Reddit
RoomSync for Home Assistant

On this week's show: The iPhone Duo shipments arrive this week, TP-Link tries to assemble routers in the US while also collecting lawsuits, hackers turn old D-Link and Ubiquiti gear into bandwidth side hustles, Josh.ai adds more integrations, Shelly brings a privacy-friendly mmWave presence sensor to North America, and Withings puts app syncing behind a subscription. We also hit Home Assistant’s latest Matter server update, a clever photo-frame dashboard hack, listener feedback on UPS options, project updates, a pick of the week, and so much more!
iPhone Duo
HomeTech HeadlinesTP-Link moves to assemble routers in the US following an import ban - Engadget
TP-Link Falls Under Fire for Its Routers Again as 5 States Sue Over Privacy Concerns
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
Josh.ai Announces New Partnerships and Integrations - Residential Systems
Shelly’s Presence Gen4 Sensor Offers a More Private Option for Occupancy Automation
Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data to other apps

APC 3000VA Lithium Ion UPS, SMTL3000RM2UC, Pure Sine Wave Rackmount UPS, 120V Uninterruptible Power Supply
Reverse Engineering ProjectsGitHub - wesbos/photo-frame-dashboard: Getting ADB, root, backups and custom apps onto locked-down Android photo frames (Skylight Calendar, BIUFRAME)
Airdrop reverse engineered
rea · Plugin Catalog | Hermes Agent

Home Assistant’s Matter server adds Matter 1.6.1, camera talkback, and IKEA hardware support
Deal: RISION Magic Thermal Camera, 320x240 QuadIR, Hot/Cold Spot Track, Live Temp | for USB-C iOS, Android & Win w/-4°F~1112°F , ±3.6℉ Accuracy 25Hz Thermal Imaging Camera for HVAC/Electrical Inspection

On this week's show: Apple finally throws a real “Welcome Home” punch with HomeView, a new Apple TV 4K, and even ADT on install duty, Ring ditches the backup key for a hand-crank smart lock, Amazon rolls out a new Alexa tablet lineup, Aqara is now selling in Canadian Tire, Zooz joins Jasco, plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Anthropic Says Theoretical 'AI Botnets' Could One Day Target the Smart Home
HomeTech HeadlinesAqara Makes Canadian Retail Debut with Canadian Tire
Ring Unveils Hand-Rechargeable Smart Lock and New 4K Cameras
Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’
Amazon announces new lineup of Alexa Tablets
Introducing UniFi Network 11 | Our Most Impactful Release Yet
Tesla’s Automations Feature Is Ready for Launch, Hidden Behind a Flag - Not a Tesla App
A New Chapter for Zooz!
Jasco Acquires Zooz to Accelerate Growth of Smart Home Division
Everything Apple launched at its ‘Welcome Home’ event
Apple Unveils HomeView Smart Display With Siri AI, Starting at $429 in Canada | iPhone in Canada
Apple’s Fabled Smart Home Collection is Here, Here’s What Integrators Need to Know
Apple HomeView
LG Video Doorbell Wired – Essence Graphite
ADT to Offer In-Home Installation of Apple's New HomeView and More
The new Apple TV 4K has built-in microphones so you can talk to Siri AI

DeFlock - Flock Camera Tracking
LEDVANCE joins Works with Home Assistant
From the unRAID community on Reddit: Unraid OS 7.3.3 Stable is now available
2026 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions

On this week's show: Apple’s smart home plans keep leaking from every direction, with LG-branded locks, doorbells, thermostats, and cameras rumored alongside Apple selling Aqara’s new thermostat; Google Home gets better at hearing you over the chaos; Amazon quietly takes away Alexa aux voice control; UniFi Protect 7.3 squeezes more history out of your storage; Inovelli’s roadmap starts moving again; Home Assistant renames Cloud to Link because, well, “cloud” has baggage; a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Apple and LG team up on new smart home gear, starting with a lock, doorbell, and thermostat
Apple’s Smart Home Push Could Include Doorbell, Thermostat and Cameras | iPhone in Canada
Apple now sells Aqara’s new Adaptive Temperature thermostat and more accessories
HomeTech HeadlinesGoogle Home speakers can now hear you better
Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore
Introducing Protect 7.3
Inovelli 2026: Q3 Update!
Z-Wave 800 Series Button Controller + Dimmer Switch | Project Walt
Home Assistant renames Home Assistant Cloud to Link
Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we’re renaming ours
A Code of Conduct for AI in the Home

Emporia Vue 3 Home Energy Monitor
RoomSync for Home Assistant App - App Store