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One-stop-shop for wireless power Powercast will unveil next week at Sensors Converge (booth 915) a new technology solution for creating, deploying, and powering sustainable untethered, Matter-compliant wireless smart home automation sensors.

Chinese smart home products vendor Aqara has launched four new devices in Australia: a presence sensor, a door and window sensor, a doorbell and a smart lock.

Nanoleaf continues its march in making the most creative and customisable smart lighting solutions possible with the Nanoleaf Lines Squared.

Smart home tech is exciting, but it can also be an expensive happy. Philips has your back with its Hue starter kit, bundling all you need to brighten up your home with three globes, a Hue bridge, and a programmable smart button - in one convenient pack.

A Google search summary of measures to be carried out after a seizure left out the words "do not", resulting in instructions that could well kill a person.

Smart speakers are fantastic devices, where you speak to get news, radio, answers, check appointments, hear music, check the weather, news, traffic, control smart home appliances and much more, and a battery makes that portability potent.

If you've ever wanted to tell your Google Home speaker to GET LOFT, it'll need a battery pack to do so, so JOT down the details within to do the same with your Google Home Mini!

If you've ever wanted to order your air conditioner around by voice so you could order up the right temperature, then Mitsubishi Electric's new voice control capability will get you talking.

Forty-two percent of consumers in Australia now use digital voice assistants compared to 77% in China and 75% in India, according to a survey conducted by business services provider Accenture.

Want to talk to Google Assistant in more than one language? Now you can say "hola, hallo, ciao, salut, and こんにちは to your bilingual Google Assistant", with "routines" now possible, too.

It has taken several months to arrive Down Under after launching in the US in October 2017, but the biggest and loudest version of Google's Home speakers is finally set to go to Max down under for A$549.

Users of Google Home devices across the globe have been hit by a major outage of the network that manages them. Chromecast devices are also reported to be affected.

With voice assistants used in smart homes to grow 1000% by 2023, up from an estimated 25 million in 2018, you and your voice assistant smart speaker are going to be heard!

If you're a fan of AFL, NRL or Australian rugby, you can now check live scores, match results, upcoming fixtures, and ladders for your favourite footy codes, just by asking Google in just about any way you want.

We’re living in the future, with self-driving cars and voice-controlled assistants who turn our lights on and off. Our investigations show they're not yet perfect, but maybe there's a home assistant right for you.

Apple’s HomePod has now made its worldwide debut. It joins Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa-powered range of Echo devices in the battle for home assistant (and wallet). Which one is best for you? iTWire has begun to investigate.

Following Amaysim's successful launch of its tech store last year, it is "now welcoming the latest wearables and accessories from the world's leading brands at highly competitive prices".

Optus has announced a tie-up with Fetch TV to ensure that the the latter's set-top box will work with the Google Assistant on Google Home and compatible Android mobiles and iPhones.

Google's Home invasion into the domestic smart speaker market boomed over the holidays, with over a million "Actions" your Google Assistant can now help you with.

That there's no place like home is something you don't need Sherlock Holmes to figure out, but an Apple HomePod in your home won't happen until 2018.