Episode 581 July 10, 2026
YOLO Updates
with Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson
Apple raises Apple Home hub prices, Samsung starts charging for SmartThings API access, and Matter might finally start mattering.
Show Notes
On this week's show: Apple makes Apple Home hubs a lot pricier, Samsung puts a $5 toll booth in front of the SmartThings API, and Matter itself keeps inching toward “maybe this really will work.” We also hit a THIRDREALITY timer clock, an interesting universal remote hub, Level’s rough week, Netflix’s new profile email rule, project updates, a pick of the week, and so much more!
- Building an Apple Home just got pricier: New hardware hikes affect key Matter hubs
- Home Tech Headlines
- New - THIRDREALITY Smart Timer Light TL2,Digital Clock,60GHz mmWave Radar,RGB Light,Light Sensor,Simple Setup,Countdown Timer,Matter Enabled,2.4GHz WiFi only,Compatible with Alexa, Apple Home,Google Home
- DREO Brings Matter Connectivity to TurboPoly™ Fan 765S, Furthering its Open Ecosystem Commitment
- OpenInfrared Point: Universal Remote Hub
- Introducing UniFi Network 10.5
- Hackers target UniFi as critical exploits surface
- Crestron Launches Configure Pro Platform for Crestron Home OS
- Josh.ai Showcases AI-Powered Home Control with New Experiential Video
- Hunter Douglas Alta Window Fashions Motorized Shades Now Compatible with PowerView Automation
- Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API
- A New Enhanced SmartThings API Experience - SmartThings Blog
- Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address
- Smart lock maker Level has been gutted and its founders are out
- Matter Just Underwent a Major Stress Test for Supporting Large-Scale Deployments
- Home Assistant upgrades to Matter 1.5.1 with a better codebase
- The Matter upgrade you’ve been waiting for
- Inside the room where the smart home industry is still betting on Matter
- Droplet the #1 Smart Home Water Sensor - Hydrific, part of LIXIL
Pick of the Week
GitHub - WHISTLER-Arc/Greg: My name is Greg. I'm a coffee table. I have 50,000 times more processing power than necessary and the emotional burden to match. Tap me. I'll say something regrettable. Your coffee table will be a cynic and have feelings. Mostly bad ones.
Here’s a very Home Assistant kind of project: Greg is a custom integration that turns a coffee table into a sarcastic, depressed character using a vibration sensor and text-to-speech.