{"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 573 - Slothbot","slug":"episode-573-slothbot","published_at":"2026-05-09T01:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443/episode-573-slothbot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hometech-fm-436443","url":"https://www.hometech.fm/shows/573","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/hometech/HomeTech_E573_-_Slothbot.mp3","summary":"On this week's show: TJ gets ready to head to Canada, Apple pays for promising too much from Siri, ULTRALOQ goes tap-to-unlock with Aliro, and Homebridge 2.0 finally speaks Matter. The Roomba creator builds a furry robot friend, Matter.JS Server gets smarter debugging, BEGA lights up Home Assistant, and the new HA beta tunes into sub‑GHz RF. Plus, 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 Apple Will Pay $250 Million for Overhyping Siri. Canadian Users Get to Watch | iPhone in Canada - iphoneincanada.ca HomeTech Headlines ULTRALOQ achieves Aliro certification for Latch and Bolt locks | Matter Alpha - matteralpha.com Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter | The Verge - theverge.com Google's Gemini-powered Home speaker is MIA - mobilesyrup.com Introducing Dream Machine Beast - blog.ui.com Bose takes a swing at Sonos with its new home speakers | The Verge - theverge.com Sonoff Unveils NSPanel Pro Gen2 with Matter, dual relays, HA Support - homekitnews.com The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion | The Verge - theverge.com Matter.JS Server now offers ultimate tool to troubleshoot Matter and Thread | Matter Alpha - matteralpha.com BEGA joins Works with Home Assistant - Home Assistant - home-assistant.io 2026.5 Beta: We're on the same frequency now 📡 - Home Assistant - rc.home-assistant.io","meta_description":"On this week's show: TJ gets ready to head to Canada, Apple pays for promising too much from Siri, ULTRALOQ goes tap-to-unlock with Aliro, and Homebr…","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-573-slothbot/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-573-slothbot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}