Hey, I'm Eric Welander
I'm a YouTuber and software developer helping you build an effective Apple smart home by leading you to the best products and automation for your setup.
I created this site to serve as a reference for what I'm doing and what I've learned along the way. Hopefully, it will save you time and give you some useful ideas.
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How to prepare for Apple’s NEW Home app
Every year at their WWDC developer conference, Apple previews its plans for software updates coming over the following twelve months. This fall we are getting a completely redesigned Home app with a lot of great new features. But there are some good moves you can make this summer to set
Is Sonos Voice Control better than Apple Siri?
Sonos has a new voice control system for managing music playback with Sonos speakers. Does this make it a narrowly focused system that is useless? Or a solid performer that's better than using Siri and HomePods? Or is it a little a both? Let me explain in the video. More
What nobody tells you about Apple HomeKit
This video is an idea and project I've been iterating on for months now and really frames a lot of my principles for my smart home in 2022.
The new Eve Outdoor Cam
Eve's new Outdoor cam is a new option for an outdoor, wired camera that supports HomeKit Secure Video. There are some circumstances where this camera makes a lot of sense, but is it the ideal option for your setup? Get an Eve Outdoor Cam on Amazon Learn more and buy
Inside your future smart home with Matter
Matter is supposed to be the exciting new standard that simplifies and improves our smart homes to be everything we ever hoped for and more...right?!? Well yes and no. The future of Matter is getting clearer over time but is still a bit fuzzy. In this video, I break
Your smart home questions answered (Q&A)
This week I'm answering your questions about smart home tech and also about my side business here on the internet. Related videos mentioned: Ring Alarm ReviewPrevious Arlo Video HomeKit Secure Video Worth It?Arlo Pro 3 ReviewApple HomeKeyUsing Nest with HomeKit Ecovacs Deebot N8 Pro+Chapters00:00 Intro00:15 Ring
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