Smart Tech Today 75

Connected Home over IP, AirTag(s), upcycling old Galaxy phones

• Setting Up a Smart Home May Soon Be Less Annoying
•  Amazon, Apple, and Google’s smart home partnership is close
•  Project CHIP embraces a timeline and the blockchain
•  AirTags Are the Perfectly Boring, Functional Future of AR
•  New Apple TV 4K Supports WiFi 6, Thread, and HDMI 2.1
• Everything Google TV does that Apple says 'smart TVs don't'
•  How to pick the right smart display for you
•  Google Assistant Snapshot cards can be pinned to 'Favorites'
•  Google revamps Wear OS Play Store page
•  More renders leak as the Google Pixel Watch is reportedly launching in October
•  Google Meet finally zooms in and lets you add video backgrounds
•  Netatmo HomeKit Secure Video support for Outdoor Cameras
•  Eve Releases First Thread-Enabled Smart Light Switch
•  Belkin's new Wemo remote puts HomeKit at your fingertips

Setting up Homebridge on a Synology NAS:

• How to setup Homebridge & Docker on a Synology NAS
• Set up Homebridge on Synology NAS without Docker

Picks of the week

•  Matthew: Samsung's New Upcycling Program Allows You To Turn an Old Galaxy Phone Into a New IoT Device
•  Mikah: Twelve South HoverBar Duo

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Links

• Setting Up a Smart Home May Soon Be Less Annoying
• AirTags Are the Perfectly Boring, Functional Future of AR
• Project CHIP embraces a timeline and the blockchain
• HDMI ARC and eARC: Audio Return Channel for beginners
• New Apple TV 4K Supports WiFi 6, Thread and HDMI 2.1
• Everything Google TV does that Apple says 'smart TVs don't' - 9to5Google
• How to pick the right smart display for you
• iPad Pro as a display
• Google Assistant Snapshot cards can be pinned to 'Favorites' - 9to5Google
• Google revamps Wear OS Play Store page - 9to5Google
• More renders leak as the Google Pixel Watch is reportedly launching in October - TalkAndroid.com
• Google Meet finally zooms in and lets you add video backgrounds
• Netatmo HomeKit Secure Video support for Outdoor Cameras - 9to5Mac
• Netatmo Smart Outdoor Security Camera (affiliate)
• Eve Releases First Thread-Enabled Smart Light Switch
• Belkin's new Wemo remote puts HomeKit at your fingertips
• How to setup Homebridge & Docker on a Synology NAS
• Setup Homebridge on Synology NAS without Docker
• Samsung's New Upcycling Program Allows You To Turn an Old Galaxy Phone Into a New IoT Device
• Twelve South HoverBar Duo (affiliate)