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The state of the smart home can be frustrating, because it is just so obvious how things ought<\/em> to work. You should be able to control everything from everywhere. Your spaces should adapt to what you\u2019re doing and how you\u2019re feeling. Making your home smart shouldn\u2019t require renovating, and the smarts should be mostly invisible. All of this is, of course, incredibly hard to pull off \u2014 but the goal is pretty clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Until now, maybe no product has come closer to nailing the smart home than Philips Hue. And on this episode of Version History<\/em><\/a>, we dig into all the things Hue got right. The Verge<\/em>\u2019s David Pierce and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy are joined by smart home journalist and expert Richard Gunther<\/a> to discuss Hue\u2019s origins, which have an awful lot to do with the rise of the smartphone. They also talk about Hue\u2019s early embrace of practically every smart home platform, its somewhat shocking price tag, and what it takes to make a smart device that actually just… works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the fifth (and next to last) episode of the fourth season of Version History<\/em>. If you haven\u2019t yet checked out the story of the Harmony remote<\/a>, the Roomba vacuum<\/a>, the Nest thermostat<\/a>, or the Keurig coffee maker<\/a>, make sure you catch up! It\u2019s smart home season this season, and there\u2019s so much to get into. Here\u2019s how to get every episode, and all our other fun stuff, as soon as it drops:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you want to know more about Hue, here are some links to get you started:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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