Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Profile and Activity

Reviewer, Smart Home

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge's Smart Home Reviewer. She covers all areas of home automation and connected gadgets, from robot vacuums and video doorbells to smart lighting and locks. Since joining The Verge in 2021, she has been an expert voice on the new smart home standard Matter and has interviewed industry leaders from Google, Amazon, Samsung, and Apple.

A journalist with 20 years of experience, she has covered the emerging consumer smart home space since 2013, writing for The New York Times, Wirecutter, Dwell, Wired (U.K.), The Ambient, BBC Science Focus, Charleston Magazine, and US News & World Report, among others. She received her training on London's Fleet Street with The Daily Telegraph before moving to Sun Valley, Idaho, where she worked in local news for ten years. She now lives in South Carolina with her family, two dogs, one cat, a rabbit, and seven chickens.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Dec 6

Philips Hue’s version of Wi-Fi sensing may be coming soon to its smart lights.

According to HueBlog.com, Philips Hue is actively working on a hardware-free form of motion sensing that leverages its Zigbee protocol.

Its sister brand Wiz already does this using Wi-Fi-sensing — changes in the signal strength between two or more lights caused by motion can trigger a reaction.

HueBlog, which has a good track record with Hue scoops, says the company has been “working on the function for several years,” and may debut it at CES 2024.

Philips Hue wants to turn lamps into motion detectors - Hueblog.com

[Hueblog.com]

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