LG acquires a controlling stake in Athom – Automated Home
News is breaking that Korean LG (stock XKRX) has acquired 80% of Dutch Athom B.V. According to the Korea Times,…
Sonos CEO Issues an Apology – Automated Home
Nearly 3 months after launching their botched app update, Patrick Spence has finally issued an apology for what happened and…
Why my Meross door sensor doesn’t work with Homey – Automated Home
Learn more about Automated Home here. Sorry for not sharing updates for a while. It turns out people aren’t exaggerating…
SmartThings Blog
Earlier this year, SmartThings announced a new program called Certification by Similarity (CbS) within its Works with SmartThings (WWST) partner…
I got my first Homey flows going – Automated Home
I’m excited to report that I managed to get my first few flows live in Homey. I connected the Aqara…
My vibration sensor automation didn’t work out – Automated Home
I recently bought an Aqara vibration sensor with the plan of affixing it to our dining room table for the…
Change Wifi name, break everything?! – Automated Home
I recently realized that I needed to split out my home wifi network into two networks, a 2.4GHz network and…
Smart Home Wifi Chaos Recovery – Automated Home
I managed to get almost everything back online and functioning again after the chaos that ensued after my last update.…
Why Can’t I Re-Trigger Flows in Homey? – Automated Home
I’ve been a bit frustrated with some Homey flows (automation) recently because I’m not able to re-trigger them before the…
Smart Devices that Need 2.4Ghz Wifi – Automated Home
A couple of months ago, I did something pretty silly. I split up my home wifi into separate 5Ghz and…