Phillips: Smart home devices still fail to communicate their operational status
Mike Phillips · Avoiding mistakes from the first smart meters · Jun 25, 2024 · at 2:03
Sense CEO Mike Phillips explains why the company analyzes raw electrical power signatures rather than relying on smart appliances to broadcast their status.
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“Look, if smart devices were fully enabled and every device out in your home told us what it was doing, we'd be happy to use that. But it's far from being the case.”
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