Jan 28 Podcast #1036: What's Next for Google TV and Smart Homes in 2022
On today’s show we look at what’s next for Google TV and look at what the “Smart home” of 2022 will look like. We also read your emails and look at the news of the week.
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Today's Show:
News:
- Smart home security is coming to vehicles
- Vizio finally gets Sling TV on SmartCast
- YouTube Shuts Down Original Content Group
- Wemo Stage smart home switch finally gets Thread: Why it matters
- Philips Hue's new outdoor smart lights will help make your garden an extension of your home
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- Ara's Woodworking
- Join the Flaviar Whisky Club and get a free bottle
What's next for Google TV
Google’s living room strategy appears to be working: The company revealed at CES last week that there are now 110 million monthly active Android TV devices in the world. Thirty million of these have been added since last May alone, and a growing number are using the company’s new Google TV interface, with TCL revealing at the trade show that it is now selling 10 million TV sets with the Google TV UI a year. So where does Google go from here?
Brave new home: 2022 will be remembered for how it redefined the smart home
2022 may well mark a final step toward incarnation for the smart home: Millions of people have been driven into their homes during the pandemic; millions more have begun building new homes according to the emergent needs of a world rewritten by COVID; average internet speeds can finally support connected homes, and those speeds will only continue to climb; a new communication protocol might finally unite a historically siloed industry; and, perhaps most importantly, people are more tech-literate, more tech-interested and readier to live in smart homes than ever before. Full article here…
Reader Comments (1)
So I am guessing you guys do not have pickup trucks. I think the main purpose of the cameras is for the open bed of a pickup truck were someone might store items and even just short trips into the store could worry about them being swiped. Also I have found thieves are not picking they will break a windows to steal the change in the ash tray.