Episode 556 January 2, 2026
Too Sucky to Fail
with Gavin Campbell, TJ Huddleston, Seth Johnson
On this week's show: iRobot vacuums up a bankruptcy filing and is scooped up by Picea, Apollo launches a new four-button mini-keyboard, Shelly drops a new all-in-one smart plug, WiiM continues its crusade against Sonos with a compact speaker, Homey launches a self-hosted option, and Emerald (parent company of CEDIA Expo) might be for sale. All this news, letters from the mailbag, CES Pre-Game discussions, and so much more!
Show Notes
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- Apollo Automation Donates $4,200 to CASA of Lexington and Open Home Fo - Apollo Automation
- HomeTech Headlines
- iRobot files for bankruptcy - The Verge
- Who is Picea Robotics, Roomba’s new owner? - The Verge
- BTN-1 Macro Deck - Apollo Automation
- WiiM Just Expanded Its Wireless Speaker Lineup with the Leaner Sound Lite - CEPRO
- Homey Self-Hosted Server – Run Homey on your hardware - homey.app
- Shelly Plug US Gen4 – Smart Plug for Home Automation (1800W) - Shelly USA - Shelly USA
- Apparently for Sale, Emerald Board is Reviewing Multiple Offers to be Acquired - Strata-gee.com