I let lasers power my smart home — and I don’t want to go back theverge.com/tech/663899/wi…

Amazon claims its ‘constantly inviting’ new customers to Alexa Plus theverge.com/news/669158/am…

Amazon says over 1M people now have access to Alexa+, up from "hundreds of thousands" in May, and plans to "make it even more broadly available over the summer" (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge) theverge.com/news/684560/am… techmeme.com/250610/p35#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Ring rolls out Video Descriptions, an AI-powered beta feature that generates text summaries of motion activity from its doorbells and cameras (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge) theverge.com/news/692523/ri… techmeme.com/250625/p22#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ could mean slower Wi-Fi for you theverge.com/news/694479/se…

The movie and TV tech we actually want to use theverge.com/the-vergecast/…

Nuki’s Smart Lock is a better retrofit door lock theverge.com/smart-home-rev…

Ikea’s latest speaker lamp ditches Sonos for Spotify and inexpensive Bluetooth theverge.com/news/702104/ik…

Thread count: Ikea is stitching together a smarter home theverge.com/smart-home/701…

Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20+ new Matter-over-Thread devices, set to release in January 2026, and updates its Dirigera smart home hub (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge) theverge.com/smart-home/701… techmeme.com/250709/p13#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

Kwikset’s new locks point to a smarter, more open future for your front door theverge.com/smart-home/766…

Your robot is about to get its own robot theverge.com/the-vergecast/…

I'm answering your questions about Amazon and Google's smart home announcements live at the The Verge. Come join me! theverge.com/tech/790817/am…

The problems with AI in the smart home and how Amazon and Google plan to fix them theverge.com/report/796138/…

Amazon’s giant ads have ruined the Echo Show theverge.com/report/797672/…

The iPad just got the chip it needs to be a smart home controller — again theverge.com/news/799911/ip…

Extreme smart home makeover theverge.com/podcast/818219…

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