The Napoleon of the Smart Home

In this 58-minute episode, Neil Cybart talks about the following topics:

• The smart home (2010s vs. 2020s).

• Smart speaker mania.

• Amazon's premature coronation in the home.

• HomePods.

• How Amazon, Google, and Apple look at the smart home.

• Why the smart home's value will rise going forward.

• What Apple will do with the smart home.

• Privacy in the home.

• Full Disk Access (macOS) will see changes.

• Follow-up to OpenAI's DevDay 2026.

• Vibecoding hardware.

• Automation in the home. 

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