Episode 32: CES and HomeKit Roundtable with Special Guests Zac Hall, Adam Justice and Richard Gunther
Release Date: 02/19/2020
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A short goodbye to the Garden. We thank you for listening over the years. It's been a lot of fun!
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info_outlineCES has come and gone, with new HomeKit, Smart Home, and connected goodies.
For our thirty-second regular show, we are hosting a very special roundtable focusing on the state of HomeKit in a post-CES world. We are joined by very special guests Zac Hall of 9to5mac, Adam Justice, CEO of Connectsense, and co-host of The Smart Home Show, and Richard Gunther, the other host of the Smart Home Show! This group of amazing folks share their thoughts on the state of the HomeKit union and ecosystem as we head in to 2020. What do we like? Where is there room for improvement? Is Apple committed to growing HomeKit as a platform? Is the recently announced interconnected home automation standard a game changer or just another “standard?” We had a blast with this and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did!
Originally recorded on February 8, 2020
Show Notes:
- Zac Hall-Twitter
- Adam Justice-Twitter
- Richard Gunther-Twitter
- 9to5mac
- 9to5mac Happy Hour Podcast
- 9to5 mac Watch Time Podcast
- The Smart Home Show Podcast
- The Digital Media Zone
- Home:On Podcast
- Connectsense
- Jake’s updated HomeKit map
- XKCD on Standards
- Homebridge
- BondHome
- HomeKit Secure Video on 9to5mac
- HomeKit Routers
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Our show is produced by Nathan Mace (antiwraith on Ars) and edited by Dan Vincent. Our theme song is composed by the wondrous Space Vixen, who you can find on twitter @spacevixenmusic and their music at spacevixen.bandcamp.com.
Zac can be found on twitter @apollozac or on his other podcasts,9to5mac Happy Hour or the 9to5 mac Watch Time Podcast and coming soon - Space Explored!
Adam can be found on twitter @adamjustice, at Connectsense or on The Smart Home Show Podcast.
Richard can be found on twitter @richardgunther, at The Digital Media Zone or on his podcasts The Smart Home Show Podcast and Home:On Podcast.
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Special Guest Merlin Mann