Episode 527 - A New Birdwatching Hobby

It’s Home Assistant Community Day Season! Meet up with TJ or Gavin on May 24th in Ohio or Ontario. On this week's show: Ecowitt launches an inexpensive shut off valve with flow meter, Unifi announces new cameras, Sonos and IKEA are breaking up, Ring wants you to watch birds, Amazon Alexa+ is out, Gavin and Seth’s Navimow lawnmower first impressions, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• Home Assistant Commuinity Days• Meet TJ in Columbus, Ohio Meetup (lu.ma/c05easbv)
• Gavin will be at the Toronto meetup (lu.ma/xx7bohlo?locale=en-CA&tk=Nypu5J)

• HomeTech Headlines• Pre-Sale: Ecowitt WFC02 Smart Ball Valve Water Timer with Actuator, 1" / 2'' Brass Motorized Ball Valve & Flow Meter (shop.ecowitt.com/en-ca/products/wfc02)
• Unifi - Introducing Next-Gen PTZ Cameras (blog.ui.com/article/introducing-next-gen-ptz-c…)
• Sonos and Ikea are ending their partnership (theverge.com/news/661491/sonos-ikea-symfonisk-…)
• Ring wants Gen Z to turn their security cams into bird cams this spring (the-ambient.com/news/ring-rspb-partnership)
• Amazon CEO says 100,000 users now have Alexa+ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/amazon-ceo-says-1000…)

• Pick of the Week
• Brother ADS-4300N Professional Desktop Scanner with Fast Scan Speeds, Duplex, and Networking,White (amzn.to/3GTl9tL)
• Segway Navimow X3 Series - Master Efficiency, Embrace Simplicity｜ Segway Navimow (us.navimow.segway.com/pages/navimow-x3)
• Navimow i105 Robotic Lawn Mower｜1/8 acre (us.navimow.segway.com/products/navimow-i105)