Episode 176: Why did Apple join the Thread Group?

This week Kevin and I kick off the show with our thoughts on the future of hearables before explaining why we think Apple joined the Thread Group and what it means for future HomeKit products. From there we talked about a new report suggesting that IoT will be a $520 billion industry by 2021 and how enterprise and industrial IoT has stalled. A reader tip led us to valuable security actions you can take with your connected devices from Make magazine and Kevin shares his thoughts on the new Anki robot.  We hit news from ARM, the feds, Control4 and Smarter before answering a listener question about IR in the smart home. The new June oven is $499 for a limited amount of time. It will eventually retail for $599. Our guest this week is Matt Van Horn, who is the CEO of June. This week June launched a second generation oven that is roughly a third of the price of the original. Van Horn shares how June made that possible, how the company is using data to improve the user experience and why he’s not going into meal delivery kits anytime soon. He also shares a recipe for S’mores. Enjoy the show. Hosts: Stacey Higginbotham and Kevin Tofel Guest: Matt Van Horn of June Sponsors: NETGEAR and Afero We’re going to ditch screens for voices in our ears Security tips for your Pis and IoT devices Check out Bond for IR control No knobs and scaled back sensors lower June’s price tag Why June has 64 ways to cook bacon The post Episode 176: Why did Apple join the Thread Group? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.