Aug 31 2020 88 mins 31
Matthew and Mikah share their complicated feelings regarding Amazon's new Halo fitness wearable, praise Level's new smart lock that blends in with a user's existing setup, and discuss Fitbit's new Google-Assistant-supporting smartwatches. SMART TECH Sunu Band – The Smart Wearable Helping Blind People Maintain Social Distance | Forbes: https://bit.ly/3hRXAjW iRobot's Cheapest Roombas Might Finally Be Worth Buying | Gizmodo: https://bit.ly/3gGZXo1 The Level Touch is a stealthy smart lock with hidden capacitive touch | Inputmag: https://bit.ly/2EIw0XU Smart blinds are an expensive upgrade to your smart home | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2Gjhq9T AMAZON Amazon's Alexa has learned hundreds of regional British words and phrases | The Sun: https://bit.ly/2ERQtt7 Amazon announces Halo, a fitness band and app that scans your body and voice | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2YRBFSk GOOGLE Google launches Nest Hub for hotels to close the gap with Amazon | Venturebeat: https://bit.ly/32OCyMO Fitbit unveils Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches with Google Assistant | Venturebeat: https://bit.ly/32G6ASB Lenovo unveils new Google Assistant-powered smart clock | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3bpYP7z Google Assistant's daily snapshot feature gets birthday reminders and recipe recommendations | The Verge: https://bit.ly/3hLni9J SIRI Interact with Siri and apps at the same time in iPadOS 14 | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/2YQXD7Y Broadlink RM4 Mini Universal IR Remote Control | Amazon: https://amzn.to/3hNh9cP PICKS OF THE WEEK Mikah: Deliveries: a package tracker | App Store: https://apple.co/3lua4jI Matthew: Restore by Hatch | Hatch: https://www.hatch.co/restore Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today Show notes and links for this episode are available here: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/44 Sponsor: eero.com/twit code TWIT
