Apple's Smart Home Push Includes Doorbell, Lock, Thermostat Codeveloped with LG
bloomberg.comNgl, I got kinda excited by the submission title until the last two characters. Crediting LG as a development partner automatically sours the product, even before seeing details. Who has the time and money to beta test shit tier LG products while simultaneously fending off identity thieves or trying to RMA a broken device, as is tradition for USA bound LG engineered products?
You think Apple would let LG write software for Apple branded products?
The Motorola ROKR was a thing.
LG UltraFine was pretty close.
The same LG whose devices have that’s been snooping on its customers?
As far as I can tell, the only reason Apple's walled garden protects your privacy is because it's way more valuable that way.
...your information though, not the product. They'll sell you out if they get the right MBA.
Is this an American thing? I never met anyone using any of these things
Yeah, we use this kind of stuff and so do most of our friends. Makes it really convenient when you go on vacations, want to let friends into the house, want to check on it, want temps to automatically adjust back to normal when your plane touches down in town, etc.
Waste of time and money.
Homekit is dodgy, for some strange reason stuff randomly disconnects from the network here and there, and require a hard reset every so often.
No idea why but homekit sometimes fails to see some devices, but the manuf app is able to work with them.
Siri is also pretty dumb, for example "Turn off Lights" isnt smart enough to turn off any lights that are on. One must say "Turn of ALL lights".
Time? Yes. Money? It adds up, but on grand scheme of home ownership - it's nothing. 2-3 visits to home improvement store will cost you more.
Why would i goto a home improvement store ?
Im simply saying from my own personal experience, HomeKit and SIRI is very basic and disappointing.
If i knew it was that simple, i wouldnt bother. I just dont care or think what it does is worth the effort to keep it going. Money is not a factor, my personal time is.
Im not interested in bullshit that achieves almost nothing.
I was trying to lay some perspective on costs. Lawn fertilizer is like $100. Same money buys you remote AC so you can cool/heat house before arriving, but also shut it down automatically which saves money, also garage door opener so you never have to carry your keys anymore and couple of smart bulbs or light switches so lights come up as you arrive home - you don’t have to fumble around.
Smart doorbells and thermostats are popular.
Smart door locks are mostly an AirBnB / rental cabin thing.
it is very nice not to need to carry metal keys around. but keypad "dumb" locks can do that. i def dont want a lock that requires an internet connection.
or you could just accept that a door lock itself is mostly a placebo that at best would slow down or deter only the laziest of intruder and leave your doors unlocked.
Half of my friends in Poland and elsewhere in UK and EU do.
Apple co-developed Matter and brought its security with it. If they can do that for LG products and prove their adherence to privacy & security, then I think that’s a win for home automation customers as it brings more competition to the space. The new ikea bulbs are a good example, they’re matter over thread and so cheap compared to Philips hue.
If you thinking to get into smart home - don't go with homekit or any other proprietary platform. Start open source and stick with it.
Sure on some devices its impossible to avoid, but for generic stuff like cameras and switches, etc - plenty of options are out there.
And the dilution of the brand begins ...
you mean continues...
What have they really created since steve jobs?
The Apple Watch? M series processors are a massive achievement.
Airpods
Just so long as you don't give LG access to the internet you should be safe
But what if your neighbor gives LG access to his internet?
An LG device in your home could potentially hop through it for snooping and fw updates.