Awesome Tips Do Smart Homes Spy on us 24/7? Does your smart home spy on you? I’ll explain some of my thoughts about privacy and security for your smart home, including if you should be worried about your smart home secretly listening 24/7 and being a spy. Links (affiliate): Floating lamp: My shirt: Echo Dot: […]

Awesome Tips New Build House Tour: Our Smart Home Plans We finally moved into our new build home! I’ll show you around so you can check out the smart home features. This is a little sneak peek of what’s to come with the channel. Links (affiliate): My shirt: UniFi G4 Doorbell: Hard Drive for UniFi […]

Awesome Tips New Nest Doorbell & Cameras! First Look The new Google Nest Cams and Doorbell are here! And some of their features definitely surprised me. I’ll break down what’s changed, and how these may actually raise the bar for the smart home industry. Links (affiliate): Google Nest Doorbell: Google Nest Cam (battery): Google Nest […]

Awesome Tips 10 Impressive Home Automations from Around the World Time to show off YOUR automations! You all sent me some very impressive home automation ideas that I’m so excited to show you. SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS Want me to feature your automation idea in a future video? Here’s how: 1. Take a horizontal video showing […]

Awesome Tips Ultra Seamless Home Automation Ideas How do you automate your smart home without making it more annoying? In this video, I’ll show you 10 home automation ideas and how I thought them through so they are seamless and don’t get in the way. How I set up the automations in this video: Spreadsheet […]

Awesome Tips I have 2 BIG Announcements… (major channel update!) I have some news to share… Subscribe to Reed’s Smart Home: I already have 2 videos live and have a LOT more planned. Tutorials, behind the scenes, automation how to’s, reviews, and more. Don’t miss it! FOLLOW ME Subscribe: Twitter: Instagram: TikTok: ——— MUSIC The […]

Awesome Tips The BEST Way to Plan Your Smart Home! It’s time to set up my new smart home, but first I want to make a solid plan. I’ll show you my steps for planning a smart home and some important things to keep in mind, whether it’s your first automation or your 50th. Links […]

Awesome Tips Wyze Cam Outdoor is Good for $50… but not perfect If you are like me, you have been waiting years for Wyze Cam Outdoor. It’s finally here, and I am taking an early look at how it works. I’ll compare its footage side-by-side with Wyze Cam v2, Eufy 2c, and Arlo Pro 2. […]

Awesome Tips Faster Smart Home WiFi on a Budget! Nobody likes slow WiFi, especially in your smart home. This video will show you how to speed up your WiFi with a budget mesh router. I’ll use the TP-Link Deco X20 mesh router as an example to give you an idea of the specs that matter. […]

Awesome Tips Alexa Blueprints Make Your Smart Home Easy to Use Alexa Blueprints are a great tool for creating custom responses, making your Echo devices smarter. In this video, I’ll skip over the gimmicky options and show you practical uses for Alexa Blueprints in your smart home. I will also talk about custom coding Alexa […]