Home Automation Q&A – August 2016

Issues ranging from ‘push notifications’ and triggers with some HomeKit Bluetooth-only products to worries about the government knowing when you’re home or not were on our viewers’ minds in August. Joe’s on the case and addresses these questions in the August Q&A episode.Doney H.(Starts at 1:36)Hi, very good video. But, having a lot of smartplugs at home I find this technology a lot more intrusive. Someone could use this technology to track your activity at home. I know that in the US a lot of people would love it, but over here in France, a system that could locate you at home would look very suspicious, even for the autorities (I think). (Referring to the Zuli episode)(Our Zuli Smartplugs review video: https://youtu.be/-3D-VK9wi2U)Jeremiah N.(Starts at 8:12)My problem is that Elgato products don't support push technology…I can't even have a dorr/windows-switch TELL me when it is trigered abd send me a message…Same with their weather station. I can ask it how it's doing – but I can't have it trigger when it's freezing outside….(Our review series on the Elgato Eve products: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMu58ewFc7wIOrETslyUYYh6_2OIVjobK)———————-Help us out with our production budget and improve the shows! $1 or $2 per month goes a long way…join our growing group of supporters at Patreon and get cool perks! Click over to http://patreon.com/smarterhomelife and we'll love you forever!———————-Shop our Amazon Store! http://smarterhomelife.com/storeSubscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=lightinganswersWebsite http://smarterhomelife.comYouTube http://youtube.com/smarterhomelifeFacebook http://facebook.com/smarterhomelifeTwitter http://twitter.com/smarterhomelifeGoogle+ http://plus.google.com/+smarterhomelifeContact questions@smarterhomelife.comSupport Us! http://patreon.com/smarterhomelifeOur video gear: http://kit.com/Nidocamen/video-gear-i-useProduced and Hosted by Joe Dugandzic