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Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT provider, today launched the FCM665D — a compact Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth module with on-board edge AI processing, built for the next generation of smart home, smart building, and industrial…
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Apple is finally moving to turn its smart home ambitions into real products. A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, published July 28, reveals that Apple has three new smart home devices "nearly ready to launch," as reported by…
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IoT
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Ikea sells smart light bulbs for less than ten dollars. Aqara's latest multi-sensor can detect whether anyone is in the room. Samsung ships built-in Thread radios in its fridges and TVs. Three years after the Connectivity Standards…
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IoT
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The edge AI software market hit $3.12 billion in 2026 and is on track to nearly quadruple to $11.86 billion by 2032, according to a fresh forecast from ResearchAndMarkets. The compound annual growth rate clocks in at 24.6%, powered by the…
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Edge AI is quietly ending the dumb-IoT-device era. After years of prototypes and press releases, devices that process data locally rather than phoning home to the cloud are hitting store shelves and factory floors at a pace the industry…
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IoT
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Garmin CIRQA Smart Band Launches at $200 — A Screen-Free Wearable That Actually Respects Your Wallet Garmin just jumped into the screenless-wearable race with the CIRQA Smart Band, a $200 fitness and health tracker that does something most…
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Amazon launched an update to its Alexa Plus assistant that lets the AI voice platform reach deeper into your smart home. The upgrade, now rolling out in preview, connects Alexa Plus to washing machines, robot vacuums, door locks…
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Samsung is putting one of the biggest smart home ecosystems behind a paywall. Starting October 2026, developers — and some power users — will have to pay to access the SmartThings API, in a move that has the Home Assistant community and…
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IoT
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Google just launched its first new smart speaker in six years, and it's a clear signal the company is getting serious about the smart home again. The $99.99 Google Home Speaker is the company's first device built for Gemini, its new…
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IoT
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For ten years "Wi-Fi" has meant the short-range network humming inside your living room. A standard called Wi-Fi HaLow wants to break that habit. Built on the IEEE 802.11ah spec, it runs in sub-GHz spectrum — about 900 MHz in the United…
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IoT
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Farmers have always measured what they could see. This year the industry is wiring the parts of a farm nobody can watch in person: distant pumps, grazing land miles from the barn, soil that dries out between visits. The LoRa Alliance made…
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IoT
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Two of the smart home's most active brands pushed the same low-power radio into the spotlight this month. On July 17, Shelly's founder opened a public poll about adding Matter-over-Thread to the company's fourth-generation devices. The…