The Verge's @reckless just published an interview with @nsweaves.
ICYMI, WiFi is eero's wedge into becoming the "operating system for the home" not too dissimilar from Amazon Alexa and Google Home. When will eero release a voice interface, @nsweaves? 😊
@rrhoover@reckless What the market is missing is an open platform that allows you to use all of your favorite devices, services, and, yes, voice assistants. Voice is a great interface, but isn't a platform in and of itself. In the home, there is a lot that can and should happen without having to bark a command. What we need is an open ecosystem and we're building that foundation at eero; it all starts with great connectivity.
I really love the design of the new eero beacons, very slim and out of the way. I could see people having them all around their houses with no concern.
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A fantastic update for Nick and the team. It addresses many things that i've faced selling them. First gen Eero really didn't have range issues that I could tell but improvements here are welcome. The Beacon is the right idea and more svelte than AmpliFi's offering. The Eero subscription plan sounds great for parents that really want to manage what content is coming across the WAN. Thread support is HUGE. I think Thread is the future of Home Automation protocols. Low Power, 802.15.4 support and IP Addressable along with Encryption. It's likely I will only purchase Thread capable products in the future.
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Honestly, the pro subscription looks amazing. as someone planing to build a smart home, the botnet protection seems so useful. any plans for a VPN in the pro plan? I would use the heck out of that
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Netgear Orbi beats eero in pricing, performance, configuration down to small tweaks, and coverage. Been using it for couple months now, rock solid using IPv6 auto-config, also configured google DNS which speeds up the hostname resolution much faster than Comcast dns.
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