First Matter Fridge, More CES Releases, & Apple's 2025 Smart Home Roadmap

This week on a special episode of HomeKit Insider, your host walks through more lingering CES releases including the first Matter fridge. We also look at a great video on breaking down the problems with Matter, discuss GM's CarPlay issue, & walk through Apple's 2025 smart home plans.
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Links from the show
• SnazzyLabs Matter explainer (youtube.com/watch?v=kCuA3EWLvIw)
• Bosch Matter fridge (us.bosch-press.com/pressportal/us/en/press-rel…)
• Flic Duo (duo.flic.io)
• Yale Linus L2 smart lock (yalehome.com/ae/en/support/product-support/sma…)
• Schlage Sense Pro with UWB (schlage.com/en/home/about-us/news-and-events/c…)
• GM barred from selling data (theverge.com/2025/1/16/24345470/gm-banned-sell…)
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