smart home – Devstyler.io https://devstyler.io News for developers from tech to lifestyle Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:28:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 A New Smart Home Dashboard Was Made By Samsung  https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/01/06/a-new-smart-home-dashboard-was-made-by-samsung/ Thu, 06 Jan 2022 08:28:33 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=78284 ...]]> The first SmartThings standalone smart home controller at CES 2022 was introduced by Samsung. The Samsung Home Hub’s design is set to be a central place for household control and it will monitor your smart home. However, it will be firstly launched in Korea in the first half of 2022.

Is the transition from smartphone control of the smart home to voice control an easy job? Well, sometimes it is quite easier to tap on a screen to turn on the lights, for example, than just raising your voice.

Samsung Home Hub has a vertical screen which is actually convenient because you can fit and customize more icons on the screen and have access to more controls.

Also, it contains a Favorites home screen where you can find your favorite devices on it and shortcuts to screens. It gives you access to services such as SmartThings Cooking, a Devices page, a Life page, etc. There, you can find  Samsung’s connected services, for example Cooking, Clothing Care, Energy, Pet, etc.

In 2021 Samsung announced partnerships which were supposed to enable this real-time monitoring of whole-home energy consumption on the SmartThings App. It also monitors the power usage of all devices which are connected. Moreover, it recommends some ways for you to save energy.

The company shared that it is a member of the Home Connectivity Alliance. It was founded in September 2021 and it’s main goal is to create “Cloud to cloud interoperability across brands,” or at least that is what they say on their webpage. According to Samsung’s press release, the Alliance is about to help “ensure that having devices across multiple brands doesn’t require you to compromise your smart home experience.”

]]> Here is What to Expect From the 2021 Google I/O Developer Conference https://devstyler.io/blog/2021/05/17/here-is-what-to-expect-at-google-i-o-2021/ Mon, 17 May 2021 08:41:39 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=51296 ...]]> Last year Google decided to cancel its 2020 I/O developer conference entirely. But Google’s big developer conference is now back with a brand new format after a year of absence. 

The online-only event kicks off tomorrow, May 18th, and all signs point to it being a big one.

Sundar Pichai himself said that the show would feature “significant product updates and announcements.” From everything we’ve heard so far, that sure seems to be the case. It is still not sure what Google has in store for Google I/O 2021, however now we will share everything we know about the show so far, and what you can expect once the event kicks off tomorrow.

The schedule

Google I/O will begin on May 18th, 2021 with a keynote address at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern that should serve to highlight most of the company’s software priorities for this year and beyond.

Tuesday, May 18th:

  • What’s new in Android (1:30PM PDT/4:30PM EDT)
  • What’s new in Google Play (2:00PM PDT/5:00PM EDT)
  • What’s new for the web platform (2:15PM PDT/5:15PM EDT)

Wednesday, May 19th:

  • Progressing Progressive Web Apps (8:00AM PDT/11:00AM EDT)
  • What’s new in machine learning (9:00AM PDT/12:00PM EDT)
  • What’s new in Google Assistant (9:45AM PDT/12:45PM EDT)
  • What’s new in Material Design (10:15AM PDT/1:15PM EDT)
  • What’s new in ChromeOS (10:45AM PDT/1:45PM EDT)
  • What’s new in Android Accessibility (12:00PM PDT/3:00PM EDT)
  • What’s new in Google Pay (2:15PM PDT/5:15PM EDT)
  • New capabilities in ARCore (3:15PM PDT/6:15PM EDT)
  • What’s new in smart home (4:15PM PDT/7:15PM EDT)

Thursday, May 20th:

  • Live chat with Android Developers (4:00AM PDT/7:00AM EDT)
  • Project Fugu and you (9:00AM PDT/12:00PM EDT)
  • Building trusted AI products (9:00AM PDT/12:00PM EDT)
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