Automated Home

• Our iPhone 13, iPad and Apple Watch Series 7 Cheat Sheet
  Tim has gone for a lie down after todays iPhone 13 presentation. So here’s our usual cheat sheet, with most of the details and none...
• Video: Homey Launch Freemium Smart Home Cloud Controller & Homey Bridge
  Athom, Dutch creators of the Homey smart home system have reinvented the controller as an app and Cloud service. The makers say that Homey works...
• Converting to a DIY Shelly Smart Home – Part 1
  Friend of Automated Home, MarkB, covers his latest DIY smart home project as he converts his house to use Shelly modules… There is no shortage...
• Automated Home 2.0 – #43 Low Energy, Airtightness, Budgets, & Compromise
  From the outset we knew we wanted our new home to have lower running costs than the old one. As well as the obvious financial...
• Automated Home 2.0 – #42 Our Kitchen with Parkes Interiors
  Of all the different types of companies we visited during the planning stages for the new house we were in more kitchen showrooms than anything...
• Tesla Model 3 – 24 Month Update
  I wrote my Model 3 Mega Review back in 2019, a few months into ownership, and then followed up on its one year anniversary. Today...
• Our WWDC 2021 Keynote Cheat Sheet – The Snoozefest
  This years virtual keynote was a polished but long winded 105 minute affair that lacked any wow moment. Here’s some of what Apple announced… HomeKit...
• Video: Faradite Launch New TAP Volt Free Smart Home Switch
  Faradite have announced a new, improved version of their smart home switch in both 5 gang and 1 gang varieties. To ensure maximum compatibility with...
• Will It Matter?
  Back in late 2019 a group including Amazon, Apple, Google and Zigbee announced they were developing the new open source Connected Home Over IP standard....
• Automated Home 2.0 – #41 Featured in Selfbuild Magazine
  Just a quick update this time to mention that Selfbuild Magazine has included the Automated Home in their latest edition. It’s just one of many...