Episode 596 - Claude Bricked My Car

On this week's show: Sonos tries the careful rollout thing with a new voice assistant, Amazon turns one hardware event into five Echo announcements, Netflix wants AI to end your endless scrolling, ADT is getting acquired by private equity, and Home Assistant’s 2026.11 beta brings Matter cameras, two-way talk, and HACS baked right in. We’ve also got listener feedback, project updates from the yard to the dashboard, and so much more!
• HomeTech Headlines• Sonos' new voice assistant is launching in early access on November 6 - Engadget (engadget.com/2305897/sonos-new-voice-assistant…)
• Netflix thinks AI might save you from scrolling aimlessly for something to watch - Engadget (engadget.com/2305778/netflix-thinks-ai-might-s…)
• Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion (theverge.com/tech/1022295/joshua-kushner-thriv…)
• Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event (theverge.com/tech/1020388/inside-amazons-echo-…)• Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos (theverge.com/tech/1019626/amazon-alexa-plus-ph…)
• Amazon’s Echo Show 16 finally lets you decide what your smart display is for (theverge.com/tech/1020286/amazon-echo-show-16-…)
• Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping (theverge.com/tech/1020352/amazon-echo-time-sma…)
• Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera (theverge.com/tech/1020241/amazon-echo-studio-h…)

• “What the Heck?!” 2026: Everyone at home gets a say (community.home-assistant.io/t/what-the-heck-20…)
• Matter cameras and two-way talk officially arrive in Home Assistant 2026.11 (matteralpha.com/industry-news/matter-cameras-a…)
• 2026.11 Beta: A lot in store! (rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/28/release-2…)