Just Crank It
with Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson
Apple’s new HomeView smart display leads the week, alongside Ring’s hand-powered lock and Anthropic’s warning about future AI powered bots invading your home.
Show Notes
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 Headlines
- Aqara 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
Pick of the Week
Canadian YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to exclusively track police vehicles — officers visit his home to express privacy concerns
A YouTuber has received an unexpected visit from the police over an automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) camera he built to specifically track police cars, using the same technology law enforcement has infamously used to track ordinary citizens.