{"podcast":{"title":"HomeTech.fm","slug":"hometech-fm-436443","podcast_index_feed_id":436443,"rss_url":"https://www.hometech.fm/shows?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.hometech.fm/","image_url":"https://cdn.hometech.fm/images/0cec08332631ef664e64c5dbb56223781b880168.jpg","author":"Seth Johnson","episode_count":583,"summary":"A Podcast Dedicated to all things Smart Home & Home Automation","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T02:20:31.176204+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 568 - Smart Home, Dumb Ads","slug":"episode-568-smart-home-dumb-ads","published_at":"2026-03-28T03:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443/episode-568-smart-home-dumb-ads","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443","url":"https://www.hometech.fm/shows/568","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/hometech/HomeTech_E568_-_Smart_Home_Dumb_Ads.mp3","summary":"On this week's show: Josh.ai takes smart homes to a whole new level of language learning, Amazon’s Alexa+ crosses the pond with a serious accent, Telus launches an all-Canadian AI butler, and Hisense decides you need ads with your HDMI inputs. The FCC bans foreign-made routers (so, almost all of them), and Brava joins the long list of smart gadgets that got cooked by their own cloud. All this, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more! Fan of the show? Want to support our efforts? Please consider becoming a Patron! Show Notes HomeTech Headlines Josh.ai Keynote 2026: Home in Harmony Showcases a New Era of Adaptive Home Control - josh.ai Amazon's Alexa+ Assistant Launches in the UK - thurrott.com Telus Launches New AI Smart Home Assistant to Control Thousands of Devices | iPhone in Canada - iphoneincanada.ca Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing | Tom's Hardware - Tom's Hardware Another smart oven shuts down. - The Verge The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US | The Verge - theverge.com Pick of the Week GitHub - danielwoz/ubiquiti-protect-onvif-event-listener: A binary that listens to the configured third party cameras for detection events and sets up ubiquiti protect events with thumbnails. · GitHub - github.com","meta_description":"On this week's show: Josh.ai takes smart homes to a whole new level of language learning, Amazon’s Alexa+ crosses the pond with a serious accent, Tel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hometech-fm-436443/episodes/episode-568-smart-home-dumb-ads/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443/episode-568-smart-home-dumb-ads.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}