August has been making smart locks which work with your phone for a while now and the latest generation, the August Smart Lock Pro is one of the most well reviewed locks on sale today. But like most smart home products on batteries, it uses bluetooth and therefore has to have some kind of hub or bridge in order to interface with the network and or internet. Wi-Fi Smart Lock […]
This week at CES, Google as showed off an upcoming new feature for the Google Assistant which will mean that it will be able to read what ever is on screen out loud for you, but due to the work Google has put in, it can do it in 42 languages. Google has also done some work to make it sound less robotic, so that it can pause in the […]
The LIFX Beam is one of the company’s newest products, connects to WiFi for use with HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT and also the LIFX Cloud. The set includes “Includes six customisable beams and one corner, flexible layout, 10 custom zones per beam, 1200 lumens of brightness with six beams” and is on sale today for £119, which is a third off the usual price of £179.99.
Apple is focusing more on offering the Apple TV app on third party platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Roku boxes and more smart TVs. Now, in a press release Apple has announced that later this year, more smart TVs will support the Apple TV app from LG, Sony and Vizio. Once we know the exact models which will support the app, we’ll update a post here on A&T Tech […]
Tesla has now made the new Model Y small SUV available for pre-order in China, which has a starting price of 444,000 yuan with an estimated production time of 2021. The base model, ‘Long Range’ which is rear-wheel drive only starts at 444,000 yuan which is around £48,000 / $63,000 in the UK and US. So far on the UK Tesla website there isn’t even any pricing information for the […]
Eve Systems has launched its first camera product this week at CES, called the Eve Cam which supports HomeKit and HomeKit Secure Video, which was introduced with iOS 13 at WWDC last June. Eve has said that the Eve Cam “is the first camera designed exclusively for Apple HomeKit Secure Video. It was built from the ground up to protect your privacy.” Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video is a more secure way of […]
This week at CES, ADT have launched a trio of new smart home cameras, which work with HomeKit and Google Assistant. ADT purchased Lifesheild back in February last year which made them a ADT company which focused on home security systems and professional installation, now the company has rebranded as ‘Blue By ADT’ and while it still makes home security systems, it now makes outdoor and indoor cameras for smart […]
Netatmo, which is better known for its weather station and rain and wind modules, has launched a new smart lock which is very different to most on the market. From the look of it it only works with HomeKit at the moment and it uses physical NFC keys, meaning you can recode the keys if one gets lost. Like other locks from August and KwikSet, the Netatmo Smart Door Lock […]
Richard Plepler used to be the CEO of US media company HBO, who under his time produced ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ – both of which were hit shows. Plepler left in February last year just around sixth months after HBO was acquired by AT&T, he was at HBO 27 years. Now, last week the Plepler has signed a new five year deal with Apple to help produce […]
In December, the US Navy announced it was banning the use of TikTok on government issues phones and devices, due to the concern that it could affect personal information and banning the use of the social network would help “safeguard their personal information.” – according to Lieutenant Colonel Uriah Orland from the US Navy. Now the US Army is the latest American military department to ban the Chinese owned social network, military.com […]
