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You can now use Eve’s energy-tracking smart plug with Android, but there’s still no app

March 29, 2023
Eve, a smart home brand, announced last year that it would bring its suite to Android on the back of Matter, and next month that’s finally coming to reality. However, there is a catch. Starting today, Eve is selling its Eve Energy Smart Plug with Matter enabled out of the box. It’s available for purchase from Amazon and Eve’s website – Eve tells us the latter is the best bet for ensuring…
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All Google chip design now takes place in the cloud

March 29, 2023
Besides the Tensor SoC on Pixel phones, Google has developed other custom chips, with all silicon design now occurring in the cloud. Previously, Google’s chip development infrastructure team used “dozens of racks and hundreds of servers” in a data center. As…
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Google shutting down the Jacquard smart fabric app in April [Updated]

March 29, 2023
Google has confirmed it is shutting down the app responsible for the Jacquard accessories made by Google ATAP. Project Jacquard was first unveiled by Google ATAP – the company’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, responsible for other projects like Soli – back in 2015 and debuted two years later on special jackets from Levi’s. Google’s Jacquard tech is able to embed things like…
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Google Home testing redesign for ‘Device controls’ on lockscreen

March 29, 2023
The latest preview update of the Google Home app includes a new design for the “Device controls” area that’s accessible from the Android lockscreen. On some Android devices today – particularly Google’s Pixel phones, among others – you can get quick access to some of your smart home devices via the lockscreen or a quick settings tile. Both instances are powered by the “Device…
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Google and ADT launch new ‘DIY’ security system with sensors, keypad, Nest integration

March 28, 2023
Nearly three years after the two companies first announced a partnership, we’re finally seeing Google and ADT debut the product that makes it worth it. “ADT Self Setup” is a new do-it-yourself security system that includes a bunch of new security gear from ADT that deeply integrates with Google Nest products. ADT Self Setup is a security system that customers can install on their own with…
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