Amazon acquires router maker eero in new push for its smart home efforts
Tweet Amazon is making a new push for its smart home business with the acquisition of eero, a company that makes mesh Wi-Fi systems, helping users cover the entire home with the network. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Netflix adds Smart Downloads feature to its iOS app
Tweet Netflix’s Smart Downloads feature is now on iOS. It was introduced to its Android app in July 2018 to automatically download the next episode and delete the previous ones after you’ve watched them. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Google Assistant’s Interpreter Mode now available for Google Home and Smart Displays
Tweet Google Assistant’s Interpreter Mode feature that helps translate speech in real time is now available to all Google Home devices, some smart speakers with Assistant built-in, and all Smart Displays Read more… Neowin
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UK: Met police will let smart speaker users call them with device
Tweet The Metropolitan police is devising a new system that will allow residents of London to make calls to them via smart speakers. Internally, it said that this could be the beginning of the end for 999. Read more… Neowin
Read more...Xiaomi to invest $1.48 billion in smart homes in the next five years
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Tweet Xiaomi has announced its business strategy for the next five years, and it includes a large investment in what it calls AIoT, or technology for smart connected homes that learn and adapt to users. Read more… Neowin
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