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Smart Home News 20 July 2025 - 14 August 2025

Powerhouse Showdown: Tesla Powerwall 3 vs. LG’s Stackable Home Battery vs. Sonnen Evo 10 – Which Reigns Supreme in 2025?

Powerhouse Showdown: Tesla Powerwall 3 vs. LG’s Stackable Home Battery vs. Sonnen Evo 10 – Which Reigns Supreme in 2025?

The Tesla Powerwall 3 stores 13.5 kWh usable, delivers 11.5 kW continuous output, and includes a built‑in solar inverter with up to 20 kW of PV input. LG ESS Home Stackable uses modular JF1/JF1R cells with usable capacities of 10.6, 14.1, or 17.7 kWh per stack and supports up to four stacks for a total of 57.6 kWh, with 5 kW or 7.6 kW continuous output. The Sonnen Evo 10 provides 10 kWh usable (11 kWh total) per unit, is IP56 outdoor rated, is AC-coupled with its own inverter, and supports up to three Evo units for about 30 kWh.
14 August 2025
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Battle of the Smart Home Titans: Matter 1.3 vs Zigbee 3.0 vs Thread 1.3 (2025 Ultimate Showdown)

Battle of the Smart Home Titans: Matter 1.3 vs Zigbee 3.0 vs Thread 1.3 (2025 Ultimate Showdown)

Matter 1.3, released in mid-2024, expanded support to kitchen appliances, EV chargers, and water leak sensors, and added energy usage reporting plus a universal casting feature. Matter is an application-layer protocol that runs over IP on Wi‑Fi or Thread, requires a CSA-issued secure element and a unique X.509 certificate, and uses AES-128-CHACHA-Poly1305 with SPAKE2+ (CASE) for commissioning. Zigbee 3.0, introduced in 2016 and widely deployed by 2025, uses IEEE 802.15.4 at 2.4 GHz, AES-128-CCM encryption, a self-healing mesh with a single Coordinator, and has shipped over a billion Zigbee chips. Thread 1.3 standardizes Border Router interoperability, gives Thread devices IPv6
5 August 2025
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2025 Ultimate Security Camera Showdown: Arlo Pro 6 vs Google Nest Cam vs EufyCam 3

2025 Ultimate Security Camera Showdown: Arlo Pro 6 vs Google Nest Cam vs EufyCam 3

As of August 2025, Arlo has not officially released a Pro 6, with coverage basing expectations on the Pro 5S 2K and the Secure 6 platform. Arlo Pro 5S 2K records up to 2K HDR video at 24 fps (dropping to 15 fps at night) with a wide 160° field of view and a built-in 100+ dB siren. Google Nest Cam (Battery, 2nd gen) records 1080p HDR video at up to 30 fps with about a 130° diagonal field of view and infrared night vision. EufyCam 3 delivers 4K Ultra HD video (3840×2160) at 15 fps, a 135° field of
5 August 2025
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Ultimate Robot Vacuum Showdown 2025: Roomba Combo J9+ vs Roborock S9 MaxV Ultra vs Deebot X2 Omni

Ultimate Robot Vacuum Showdown 2025: Roomba Combo J9+ vs Roborock S9 MaxV Ultra vs Deebot X2 Omni

Roomba Combo J9+ uses a single mop pad on an auto-retract arm with Dry Rug Intelligence that lifts the pad completely off carpet to keep rugs dry, and its Clean Base dock empties into a disposable bag for about 60 days and refills the 210 ml water tank, but it does not auto-wash the mop pad. Roborock S9 MaxV Ultra (Saros 10) delivers 22,000 Pa max suction, uses VibraRise 4.0 with up to 4,000 vibrations per minute and up to 20 mm mop lift, and its Ultra dock washes and dries the mop while refilling water (battery 5,200 mAh; about
4 August 2025
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The Smart Kitchen Revolution: Top Devices, Brands & Trends in 2024–2025

The Smart Kitchen Revolution: Top Devices, Brands & Trends in 2024–2025

The global market for smart kitchen appliances is projected to reach $14.4 billion by 2030, up from $5.3 billion in 2023. Samsung’s 4-Door Flex Bespoke with AI Family Hub+ features AI Vision Inside cameras that can recognize over 30 food items and track inventory automatically. LG’s Signature InstaView French Door fridge uses a transparent T-OLED display on the door and internal AI cameras to recognize foods and suggest recipes via the ThinQ app. CES 2025 saw Hisense unveil the PureFlat 4-Door Smart Fridge with DishDesigner AI (Microsoft Azure) and a FreshVault vacuum-sealed drawer that keeps meat and seafood fresh up
29 July 2025
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Smart Home Revolution: How Integrated Tech Is Transforming Homes in 2025

Smart Home Revolution: How Integrated Tech Is Transforming Homes in 2025

93% of Americans now own at least one smart home device, and 42% say most of their home gadgets are “smart.” The global smart home market is booming (projected to exceed $633 billion by 2032). Matter, the universal smart home standard, launched in late 2022; Matter 1.2 arrived in October 2023; 1.3 in May 2024; 1.4 in late 2024 with Enhanced Multi-Admin, and by mid-2025 major platforms like Amazon Alexa, Google Nest, Apple Home, and Samsung SmartThings support it. Thread is a low-power IPv6-based mesh protocol that underpins Matter, with a major Thread 1.4 upgrade in 2024 addressing reliability and
28 July 2025
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Ambient Listening Revolution: How Nuance’s Always‑On AI is Transforming Healthcare, Homes, and More

Ambient Listening Revolution: How Nuance’s Always‑On AI is Transforming Healthcare, Homes, and More

Nuance Communications, acquired by Microsoft in 2022 for about $19.7 billion, pioneered ambient clinical intelligence and Dragon Medical used by more than 550,000 physicians. In 2020 Nuance launched Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) to securely capture doctor‑patient conversations and automatically generate clinical documentation. In March 2023 Nuance announced DAX Express, the first fully AI‑automated clinical documentation app combining ambient AI with OpenAI’s GPT‑4. By mid‑2023 DAX Express was being integrated into Epic’s EHR software as a “co‑pilot” for clinicians. In 2025 Microsoft unveiled Dragon Copilot, a unified voice AI that merges Dragon Medical One with DAX ambient listening and new GPT‑based
20 July 2025
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