Episode 61: Look inside Google Home and what’s up with Jawbone?

This week is all about chips and presence. First Kevin and I dig into the disclosure that the Google Home Device will have the same chip as the Chromecast, and we explain what that means. Then we dive into the Jawbone rumors and cover Atari’s plans for building IoT devices through a partnership with Sigfox. Finally, we ran across a presentation to add a wake up and receive technical spec to Wi-Fi, which was worth talking about since it will lower the power consumption of Wi-Fi connected “things”. The Trackr Bravo trackers. Image courtesy of Trackr. After the break, I interviewed Chris Herbert, the CEO of Trackr, a presence tag. Hebert’s vision involves making it easy to tell what room in your home something is, as opposed to just offering the address. But to do this, you’ll have to buy a $99 set of plugs that help offer fine-grained presence detection. It’s cheaper than Zuli, the other maker of presence detecting outlets, so I’ll probably give them a try when they come out later this summer. Please enjoy. Bulk is better. What’s inside the Echo and Google Home? Those Atari IoT devices may have a catch. The Wirecutter reviews smart home hubs. Taking Trackr from $70 to $30 dollars The future of voice and instant gratification The post Episode 61: Look inside Google Home and what’s up with Jawbone? appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.