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Tag Archives: Wi-Fi
Echo and Ring Owners Need to Opt Out of Amazon’s Invasive WiFi Sharing
Starting June 8, 2021, Amazon Echo and Ring video doorbell owners will automatically begin sharing their WiFi home network with other Amazon device owners as part of a new “feature” called Amazon Sidewalk. Sidewalk, which was first announced in September 2019, … Continue reading
Posted in smart home, Techlicious
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Sidewalk, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Ring, Ring Floodlight Cam, Ring Neighbors, Ring Spotlight Cam, Sidewalk, video doorbell, Wi-Fi, WiFi
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Review of the Kwikset Halo Smart Lock
For the tech-phobic, Kwikset’s Halo is the simplest yet most complete smart lock available. Halo can be opened/operated via a PIN code, an app, or a standard physical key, for those naturally wary of no-key smart locks. Plus, unlike most smart locks, … Continue reading
Posted in smart home, smart locks, Techlicious
Tagged Bluetooth, Halo, Kwikset, smart locks, Wi-Fi
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7 ways Qualcomm’s new chip set will change your smart devices for the better
Read the rest of this report at Gearbrain.com here. Smart speakers can be frustrating. They’ll wake up from hearing their name uttered in casual conversation or even if it’s said on the TV. Worse, they sometimes don’t wake up at … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Gear Brain, smart home
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Amazon Show, Apple, Bluetooth, Dolby Atmos, Google Assistant, Google Home, HomePod, QCS400, Qualcomm, smart speakers, voice assistant, wake word, Wi-Fi, Zigbee
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5 Best Smart Locks for Your Home
Smart locks that supplement or replace your front door deadbolt do much more than lock and unlock your door without a key. Most smart locks (and all of the locks on our top picks list) let you receive alerts and … Continue reading
Posted in smart home, smart locks, Techlicious
Tagged Alexa Key, Apple HomeKit, August, Bluetooth, Danalock, Google Assistant, Hampton Array, IFTTT, Igloohome, Kevo, Kwikset, Lockly Secure, Ring Alarm, Schlage, Schlage Encode, smart locks, SmartThings, Wi-Fi, Yale, Z-Wave, Zigbee
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A/V In ’18: 5 Foundational Changes & 11 Newsmakers
Traditionally, A/V product categories don’t tend to be very newsworthy outside of the latest updated versions of existing products and technologies. But 2018 unusually saw five major foundational changes in audio and video. See the rest of this 2019 recap … Continue reading
Posted in ear/headphones, IFA, music players/speakers, smart home, Tech History, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE
Tagged 5G, 802.11ax, 8K, A/V, AR, ATSC 3.0, IMAX, IMAX Enhanced, LG, smart speakers, Sony, TCL, true wireless, VR, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 6
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Bad Wi-Fi? How To Choose Between an Extender and Mesh
Most of us are, at one time or another, likely unhappy with our home Wi-Fi. Netflix buffers too often. Skype or FaceTime connections are blurry, and an online game stalls as a roommate streams video. Wi-Fi reception is great in … Continue reading
Posted in Gear Brain, home office, Internet/Social Media, smart home
Tagged eero, Lynksys, Netgear, Netgear Orbi, Ookla, Orbi, Speedtest.net, TP-Link, Velop, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi extender, Wi-Fi mesh
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Review: Netgear Orbi Voice combines a router with a smart speaker
Merging two different devices into a single product is not usually a good idea. If something goes wrong with one — the entire item is useless. That’s something Netgear has avoided with the Orbi Voice, an Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speaker that … Continue reading
Posted in Gear Brain, Internet/Social Media, music players/speakers, smart home
Tagged Netgear, Orbi, Orbi Voice, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi mesh
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13 Products We Want from IFA 2018
My favorite products from this year’s IFA show in Berlin, which you can read here on Techlicious.
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, ear/headphones, home office, IFA, music players/speakers, smart home, TV/4K/UHD/8K
Tagged Alexa, Amazon, appliances, Bluetooth, digital camera, Google Assistant, IFA, Kuerig, laptops, LG, Marshall, Polaroid, robots, Sony, TCL, VR, Wi-Fi, yogurt
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Top Products At IFA 2018
A roundup of top products from IFA for TWICE.com, which you can read here.
Posted in cell/smartphones, ear/headphones, home office, IFA, music players/speakers, smart home, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE, VR/AR
Tagged 8K, Acer, appliances, Bluetooth, digital cameras, dishwasher, earbuds, IFA, Keurig, laptops, LG, Marshall, OLED, Philips, Polaroid, refrigerators, robots, Sony, TCL, Wi-Fi, yogurt
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8K TVs Coming From Samsung, LG & TCL
With 4K pricing suddenly sinking perilously close to commoditization, Samsung, LG and TCL all announced next-generation 8K TVs at IFA 2018 in Berlin this week. Sharp has already started selling its previously announced 8K model in Asia and Europe. Read … Continue reading
Posted in IFA, music players/speakers, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE
Tagged 8K, Alexa, Amazon, Bluetooth, Google Assistant, LG, Netgear, OLED, Orbi, quantum dot, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TV, Vestral, Wi-Fi
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