Despite consumer concerns related to privacy, voice control is on track to become the most important change to user interface design since the touchscreen revolution.

While the original timeline for the smart home standard forecasted a release by the second-half of 2021, the window has been pushed back to 2022.

Smart speaker sales slow in Q2, as Google (37%) overtakes Amazon (21%) in market share. Apple HomePod sales register 245% growth vs. 2020.

Ring adds video end-to-end encryption for extra layer of security. Videos can now only be viewed on enrolled mobile devices.

Eddie Lazarus, chief legal officer, Sonos, Inc., appeared before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights.

Senate judiciary subcommittee anti-trust hearing warns Amazon and Google of their growing potential monopoly on the smart home space.