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IKEA Takes On Philips With Google Assistant Smart Lights

Roma Christian April 13, 2018 No Comments

Swedish furniture giant, IKEA, has taken on Philips and debuted Google Assistant support for its Trådfri smart light range. As previously reported, Trådfri is scheduled to launch in Australia later this…

Philips Unveils New ‘Hue’ Smart Lights For Outdoors

Roma Christian March 13, 2018 No Comments

Philips has expanded its popular “Hue” smart lights range to the great outdoors – designed to work with existing fixtures in Philips’ smart lights family. Philips’ Hue indoor smart lights are…

Nest Goes Home To Google, Data Security Concerns Raised

David Richards February 9, 2018 No Comments

Nest the smart home appliance maker, whose products have recently started appearing in JB Hi Fi stores is set to be moved back into Google’s mainstream hardware operation, as a…

EXCLUSIVE: Avation Snares Savant, Emersive Dumped

David Richards August 28, 2017 No Comments

Queensland based distributor, Avation has shocked the home automation market by snaring the Savant brand from Emersive Technologies, a New Zealand based Distributor. Avation who are one of the leading…

IKEA’s Smart Lighting To Add Support For Alexa, HomeKit and Google Home

Jon Bragg May 24, 2017 No Comments

IKEA’s budget smart lighting products will soon be adding support for voice control through Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Google Home devices. The Trådfri Smart Lighting range saw a release in…

Philips Launches New Hue Lamps

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

Philips is expanding its range of Hue smart home lighting products with two new lamps. The new Wellner and Wellness table lamps are part of the Philips Hue White Ambiance…

Smart Homes Make Up Only 10% Of Households

Jon Bragg March 7, 2017 No Comments

Despite increased sales of smart home technology, the category’s appeal is still mostly limited to early adopters. Just 10% of Australian, US and UK households surveyed by Gartner said they…

As Amazon Echo Becomes New Voice Standard, Apple Moves To Screw Partners

David Richards January 30, 2017 No Comments

It was the hottest product at CES 2017 and already 8 million Americans have bought the Amazon Echo voice activation system, but at this stage there is no indications that…

Telstra To Make Smart-Home Play

Computer Daily News November 16, 2016 No Comments

Telstra has made its play for the growing niche of smart-home customers, rolling out a range of products that allow users to, as Telstra puts it, “make your home a…

Google’s New Device Aims To Be The Centre Of Your Home

Jon Bragg October 5, 2016 No Comments

Google has given more details on its first entry into the ‘smart speaker’ market previously dominated by Amazon’s Echo. The new Google Home brings all the artificial intelligence power of Google Assistant…