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Home & Consumer · 3 min read

Home Assistant 2026.11 Ships With New Hardware to Bring AI Local Control to Unsupported Smart Home Devices

Home Assistant's November 2026 release ships November 11 with new hardware bridging unsupported smart home devices into its local AI ecosystem — a direct challenge to Apple HomeView, Amazon, and Google's cloud-dependent smart home platforms.

3d ago

Home & Consumer · 3 min read

Apple HomeView Code Hints at Third-Party AI Chatbot Support at Launch

Code found in Apple's upcoming HomeView software suggests the $299 smart home hub will support third-party AI chatbot applications, potentially opening Apple's home ecosystem to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT.

4d ago

Home & Consumer · 4 min read

CEDIA Expo 2026: AI Moves From Marketing Slide to Real Integrator Work on Smart Home Floors

CE Pro's floor report from CEDIA Expo 2026 finds AI moved from demo to deployment across Savant, Josh.ai, and Control4 — a complete reversal from 2025, when AI at CEDIA was primarily a marketing slide.

Sep 30

Home & Consumer · 4 min read

Smart Home Market Hits $95 Billion in 2026 — and AI Is Now Running the House

A new global forecast pegs the smart home market at $95.83 billion in 2026, with AI voice assistants and predictive automation driving growth as Google, Apple, and Amazon deepen their ecosystem grip.

May 12

Home & Consumer · 4 min read

Google Home's Spring 2026 Update Turns Gemini Into Your Home's AI Brain

Google's Spring 2026 Home app update integrates Gemini 3.1, enabling multi-step natural language commands and predictive routines that learn from your behavior — shifting smart homes from reactive control to proactive AI orchestration.

May 6

Home & Consumer · 4 min read

Tuya Smart Upgrades Hey Tuya Into an Agentic AI System Spanning Home, Robot, and Energy

Tuya Smart has upgraded Hey Tuya from a reactive voice assistant to an agentic AI that autonomously orchestrates home, robot, and energy systems—with Matter and Home Assistant compatibility added.

Apr 29

Home & Consumer · 3 min read

Google Brings Persistent AI Conversations to the Smart Home With Gemini Update

Google revived 'continued conversations' for Gemini on April 24, letting users interact with smart home devices across multi-turn exchanges without repeatedly triggering a wake command.

Apr 26

Home & Consumer · 4 min read

The Smart Home Reality Check: Which AI Features Are Actually Sticking in 2026

A new IoT Breakthrough analysis finds AI energy management and predictive appliance maintenance gaining real traction, while voice assistant novelty features remain largely unused in the $95.83B smart home market.

Apr 12