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On this week's show: Apollo has a busy week with Community Day, a new H-3 holiday ornament, and a CAST PRO-1 for whole-home audio tinkerers; Ring is shipping a flying indoor camera while Amazon gives Astro a new life as a rolling patrol bot; plus UniFi cloud storage, Unraid updates, a serious Firewalla box, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!

⛄ Apollo H-3 Holiday Ornament Giveaway ⛄

HomeTech HeadlinesOpen Home Foundation Community Day 2026 Recap
Apollo H-3: The Smart Holiday Ornament for St. Jude
Ring says its flying indoor security camera is finally shipping
Amazon turned its Alexa robot into a Ring security patrol bot
CAST PRO-1 Audio In/Out Casting
Firewalla Gold Pro: (10 Gbps) Security Gateway | Next-Generation Firewall (Ships Worldwide)
Introducing: UniFi Cloud Storage

Unraid OS 7.4.0 | Docker Networks, Mover Progress & Task Tray
Flic now works with Home Assistant
2026.11: A lot in store!
Naming things in Home Assistant, shaped by your feedback

On this week's show: Sonos tries the careful rollout thing with a new voice assistant, Amazon turns one hardware event into five Echo announcements, Netflix wants AI to end your endless scrolling, ADT is getting acquired by private equity, and Home Assistant’s 2026.11 beta brings Matter cameras, two-way talk, and HACS baked right in. We’ve also got listener feedback, project updates from the yard to the dashboard, and so much more!
HomeTech HeadlinesSonos' new voice assistant is launching in early access on November 6 - Engadget
Netflix thinks AI might save you from scrolling aimlessly for something to watch - Engadget
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion
Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware eventAmazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos
Amazon’s Echo Show 16 finally lets you decide what your smart display is for
Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping
Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera

“What the Heck?!” 2026: Everyone at home gets a say
Matter cameras and two-way talk officially arrive in Home Assistant 2026.11
2026.11 Beta: A lot in store!

On this week's show: Sony may be done with standalone UHD Blu-ray players, HACS gets folded into Home Assistant as the Marketplace, SMLIGHT tries Zigbee over Ethernet, and Ubiquiti keeps expanding the UniFi empire with long-range PoE and Thread-ready Wi-Fi 7 access points. We also hit CEDIA award winners, Everything Smart Home joining Works with Home Assistant, a few smart-home community notes, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Home Assistant Community Day: November 7, 2026Columbus, Ohio Meetup · Luma
Open Home Foundation Community Day · Events Calendar

HomeTech HeadlinesSony reportedly exits UHD Blu-ray player market
HACS is now built into Home Assistant
ZREL — Zigbee over Ethernet
Introducing UniFi Long-Range PoE Switching
Ubiquiti is putting Thread inside UniFi Wi-Fi 7 access points — turning them into smart home infrastructure

Everything Smart Home joins Works with Home Assistant
From the ifttt community on Reddit
RoomSync for Home Assistant

On this week's show: The iPhone Duo shipments arrive this week, TP-Link tries to assemble routers in the US while also collecting lawsuits, hackers turn old D-Link and Ubiquiti gear into bandwidth side hustles, Josh.ai adds more integrations, Shelly brings a privacy-friendly mmWave presence sensor to North America, and Withings puts app syncing behind a subscription. We also hit Home Assistant’s latest Matter server update, a clever photo-frame dashboard hack, listener feedback on UPS options, project updates, a pick of the week, and so much more!
iPhone Duo
HomeTech HeadlinesTP-Link moves to assemble routers in the US following an import ban - Engadget
TP-Link Falls Under Fire for Its Routers Again as 5 States Sue Over Privacy Concerns
Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
Josh.ai Announces New Partnerships and Integrations - Residential Systems
Shelly’s Presence Gen4 Sensor Offers a More Private Option for Occupancy Automation
Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data to other apps

APC 3000VA Lithium Ion UPS, SMTL3000RM2UC, Pure Sine Wave Rackmount UPS, 120V Uninterruptible Power Supply
Reverse Engineering ProjectsGitHub - wesbos/photo-frame-dashboard: Getting ADB, root, backups and custom apps onto locked-down Android photo frames (Skylight Calendar, BIUFRAME)
Airdrop reverse engineered
rea · Plugin Catalog | Hermes Agent

Home Assistant’s Matter server adds Matter 1.6.1, camera talkback, and IKEA hardware support
Deal: RISION Magic Thermal Camera, 320x240 QuadIR, Hot/Cold Spot Track, Live Temp | for USB-C iOS, Android & Win w/-4°F~1112°F , ±3.6℉ Accuracy 25Hz Thermal Imaging Camera for HVAC/Electrical Inspection

On this week's show: Apple finally throws a real “Welcome Home” punch with HomeView, a new Apple TV 4K, and even ADT on install duty, Ring ditches the backup key for a hand-crank smart lock, Amazon rolls out a new Alexa tablet lineup, Aqara is now selling in Canadian Tire, Zooz joins Jasco, plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Anthropic Says Theoretical 'AI Botnets' Could One Day Target the Smart Home
HomeTech HeadlinesAqara Makes Canadian Retail Debut with Canadian Tire
Ring Unveils Hand-Rechargeable Smart Lock and New 4K Cameras
Amazon is phasing out Fire Tablets because they weren’t ‘giving customers what they were asking for’
Amazon announces new lineup of Alexa Tablets
Introducing UniFi Network 11 | Our Most Impactful Release Yet
Tesla’s Automations Feature Is Ready for Launch, Hidden Behind a Flag - Not a Tesla App
A New Chapter for Zooz!
Jasco Acquires Zooz to Accelerate Growth of Smart Home Division
Everything Apple launched at its ‘Welcome Home’ event
Apple Unveils HomeView Smart Display With Siri AI, Starting at $429 in Canada | iPhone in Canada
Apple’s Fabled Smart Home Collection is Here, Here’s What Integrators Need to Know
Apple HomeView
LG Video Doorbell Wired – Essence Graphite
ADT to Offer In-Home Installation of Apple's New HomeView and More
The new Apple TV 4K has built-in microphones so you can talk to Siri AI

DeFlock - Flock Camera Tracking
LEDVANCE joins Works with Home Assistant
From the unRAID community on Reddit: Unraid OS 7.3.3 Stable is now available
2026 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions