The Upgrade

Smart Home Technology Is Still Not Smart Enough

Get ready for disappointment when you unwrap “smart” gadgets this year

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OneZero

7 min readDec 20, 2018

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It’s a function of our collective laziness that turning Christmas lights on and off is a process worth automating. I’m not pointing fingers here: I’m lazy person number one and have been trying for years to get my…

Lance Ulanoff

Written by Lance Ulanoff

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OneZero

Tech expert, journalist, social media commentator, amateur cartoonist and robotics fan.

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