Cync Under Cabinet Lights, Hue Table Lamp, & Your Weekly Smart Home News on HomeKit Insider Ep 212

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Show Notes
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Hue Table Lamp
www.philips-hue.com/en-us/p/h...
GE Cync under cabinet lights
www.gelighting.com/smart-home...
Nature Remo Lapsis IR blaster
shop.nature.global/products/n...
Switchbot Matter Universal Remote
us.switch-bot.com/products/sw...
Narwal Freo X Ultra review
appleinsider.com/articles/24/...
Pitaka car charger review
appleinsider.com/articles/24/...
Pitaka Qi2 car charger pro
www.ipitaka.com/products/mage...
Chapters
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00:00 Intro
03:34 Hotel AirPlay TVs
06:47 GE Cync Under Cabinet Lights
18:20 Nature Remo Lapis
20:16 witchbot Universal Remote
24:49 Shopify
27:38 Hue Table Lamp
31:35 Narwal Freo X Ultra
35:43 Pitaka Qi2 Car Charger Pro
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[@cpenrose64]

Just wanted to let Andrew and Wes know that I am loyal listener. Enjoy the content. Commenting here because I usually listen in my car via Apple podcast. Not easy to comment there!

[@alexispena2010]

I travel a decent amount for trade shows in my industry. One thing I’ve been doing the past few years that has really made a difference in avoiding the “crud” is taking things like airborne beginning no later than one week before the show to help boost my immune system just before. I continue the Airborne throughout the show as well. As soon as I get back I also start taking Zicam at the first sign of any sickness and it’s worked really great for me. **knocks on wood**

[@RHLepine]

I really appreciate your review of the IR blaster. However, my problem is that we build large multi storied homes and we use Helix micro-rebar in our concrete. So our slabs and structural walls act as Faraday cages preventing most RF signals to go through. 42:08 To get around this, we endrun a lot of Ethernet outlets and install a Unifi network with multiple access points. This resolves the WiFi problems. Then we install multiple Ethernet connected Apple TVs which brings us Thread all over and sometimes add a few HomePod Minis to fill in weak areas. Our problems are in the distribution of other systems like Lutron Caseta, Philips Hue and IKEA for Sonos control. One extender is simply not enough and only the primary hub has an Ethernet connection . Even greater is the distribution of RF signals for things like rolldown shutters, awnings and pergolas. We’ve tried the Bond Pro, but its range is quite limited. Any help on these subjects would be greatly appreciated!

[@samdalton5754]

Man I'm intrigued by the cync lights but their website is really lacking. I want to know how long the extensions are and how to order more, if needed. No info. Also interested in adding a plug and I see something about that on the listing for the dumb version, but no info on the smart page. Or how to order those. Also think it's a bit weird they can be used with the cync app or over Matter, but not both.

[@VeeF623]

Curious how I can accomplish motion activated under cabinet lighting in HomeKit with the cync lights. I know you discussed it with hue and said that you could think of workarounds. I would love to hear it! I’m currently thinking of using Eve motion.

[@michaelmoore9120]

I still use the Logitech Harmony Hub with Home Assistant and it is STILL brilliant. I can control everything from any of the dashboards I have around, from my iPhone, Mac, iPad etc. Nothing yet compares but damn you Logitech for tossing in the towel instead of using your tech knowledge to create BETTER smart home devices. :(

[@AyahuascaDataScientist]

No HomeKit support for narwal?

[@wesleyhilliard4610]

There aren't any robot vacuums in HomeKit yet. The support won't roll out until after iOS releases to the public, and even then we have no idea if previously released models will be able to be added.

[@Bigglare]

$50 a unit for Cync?! I'm doing DIY with ESP32-H2 ($6) a 1m of WS2812 LED strip ($10) and an Aluminum Muzata spotless LED channel (6$) Using Espressif Zerocode I've made them Matter over thread. Replacing IKEA Mittled running off a Tradfri driver paired to my Hue Bridge.