Episode 539 - Monitoring Canadian Water

On this week's show: CEDIA is gearing up and there are a few new companies to check out, Zooz has a new siren, AirGradient joins the Home Assistant fold, Google Home gets Gemini, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• HomeTech Headlines• New Product Release: ZSE50 Siren/Chime - Zooz Community (zoozcommunity.com/t/new-product-release-zse50-…)
• AirGradient Joins the Works with Home Assistant Program - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io/blog/2025/08/21/airgradient-…)
• Google announces Gemini for home: Nest Smart Speakers get advanced voice assistant - The Verge (theverge.com/news/762370/google-announces-gemi…)

• Pick of the Week: Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s (tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/yes-you…)
• Droplet the Smart Home Water Sensor - Hydrific, part of LIXIL (shop.hydrificwater.com/pages/buy-droplet)
• Reddit - Important Firmware Update Required for Harmony Hub Remotes (reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/1mupud9/importa…)
• Menu Bar Controller for Sonos (mbc-for-sonos.app)
• Pixel 10 Pro & Pixel 10 Pro XL (store.google.com/config/pixel_10_pro?hl=en-US&…)
• WheresTheBus™ (wheresthebus.com)