{"id":8994,"date":"2025-12-19T12:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/smart-home-year-in-review-looking-back-at-smart-home-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:33:28","slug":"smart-home-year-in-review-looking-back-at-smart-home-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/smart-home-year-in-review-looking-back-at-smart-home-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Home Year in Review &#8211; Looking Back At Smart Home News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge joins Mikah Sargent for the final episode of Tech News Weekly for 2025! Are <!--more--> AI health coaches the future for wearables? A look back at smart home news and devices in 2025. And how AI image generators have changed over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mikah talks about an article written by CNET&#8217;s Vanessa Hand Orellana about AI health coaches in wearables and how it showcases innovation within healthcare, but also the data concerns if data breaches or unauthorized access to the data occur.<br \/>\n\u2022 Jennifer reflects on the smart home news and smart home devices highlighted in the past year and shares her excitement about news such as IKEA releasing Thread-supported devices, but also laments on companies like iRobot filing for bankruptcy.<br \/>\n\u2022 And Allison Johnson of The Verge joins the show to talk about how AI image generators are improving as various models have learned from their mistakes &amp; fumbles that occurred in their early beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy<br \/>\nGuest: Allison Johnson<br \/>\nTech News Weekly Episode 417<br \/>\nMore Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/417<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors:<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/auraframes.com\/ink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/auraframes.com\/ink<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/outsystems.com\/twit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/outsystems.com\/twit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!<br \/>\nSupport what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. 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