home automation

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Home automation discussions on WindowsForum.com cover smart thermostats, AI assistants, and connected devices in the home. Topics include the GLAS thermostat running Windows 10 IoT Core, Samsung's Vision AI Companion bringing generative AI to living room TVs, and open-source projects like No Longer Evil that restore local control to old Nest thermostats. Broader threads explore AI copilots for home tasks, CEDIA 2025 smart home trends, and the impact of Windows 10 end-of-support on household hardware planning. These conversations reflect the intersection of Windows, IoT, and AI in modern home automation.

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  2. GLAS Thermostat: Cortana Ambience and the IoT Platform Gamble

    Microsoft’s early vision of Cortana as an ambient, everywhere assistant found one of its most stylish physical expressions in GLAS — a translucent-OLED thermostat built by Johnson Controls and powered by Windows 10 IoT Core — but the product’s life cycle and evolution also tell a cautionary tale...
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  3. AI Copilots 2026: Everyday Helpers Across Home Work and Education

    Artificial intelligence has moved from promise to practice: in 2026 it quietly shapes morning routines, classroom lessons, workplace workflows, and caregiving tasks so consistently that millions now treat AI helpers as ordinary household and professional tools. Background The shift that makes...
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  4. AI in 2026: Everyday Copilots Transform Homes, Work, and Education

    Artificial intelligence is no longer a novelty for technophiles — in 2026 it has woven itself into the daily routines of children, working adults, caregivers, and seniors, quietly automating chores, personalizing learning and health support, and turning complex tasks into simple conversations...
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  5. Samsung Vision AI Companion: Shared Living Room AI with Multi Agent Power

    Samsung’s new Vision AI Companion brings conversational, generative AI to the living room — rolled out as a software upgrade across the company’s 2025 TV and monitor lineup, the platform turns the television into a shared, voice-driven assistant that can answer contextual questions, deliver...
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  6. No Longer Evil revives old Nest thermostats with local control and open source

    Google’s decision to cut cloud support for the first- and second‑generation Nest Learning Thermostats left many owners with devices that still work as local, manual controllers but lost the “smart” features that made them appealing — and an open‑source project called No Longer Evil has stepped...
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  7. Windows 11 25H2 Enablement, Raspberry Pi 500+ in Enterprise, Gemini and Vega in Smart Home

    This week’s tech calendar read like a compressed year: Microsoft quietly shipped the Windows 11 25H2 enablement update, Google and Amazon accelerated AI and hardware bets for the smart home, Raspberry Pi moved deeper into enterprise endpoint territory with the new Pi 500+, and Linux and...
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  8. CEDIA 2025 for Windows Users: AI Smart Homes, Windows 10 EoS & Practical Upgrades

    CEDIA 2025’s floor hum was equal parts audiophile lust and pragmatic urgency: manufacturers showed TVs and speakers that think with you, while a hard calendar date—Windows 10’s end of support—made clear that households must plan hardware and software moves now. Rich’s on‑air roundup from Denver...
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  9. Gemini for Home: Google's Multimodal AI Replacing Assistant on Nest Devices

    Google’s decision to replace the long-serving Google Assistant on Nest and Google Home devices with a Gemini-powered assistant — branded Gemini for Home and launching into early access on October 1, 2025 — is one of the most consequential shifts in the smart‑home assistant market in years...
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  10. IFA 2025: AI Goes Main Stage in Home Tech - with Robots, Pet Tech, and Smart Appliances

    IFA 2025 made one thing unavoidably clear: artificial intelligence is no longer an experimental sidebar at trade shows — it’s the main stage. From conversational TV companions to penguin-like domesticated robots and a self‑flushing cat toilet that promises to log your pet’s health metrics, AI...
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  11. Samsung AI Home at IFA 2025: Unified Platform Across TV, Fridge & Phone

    Samsung’s pitch at IFA 2025 is no longer a string of discrete product launches — it’s the outline of a single, connected platform that stretches from the living room TV to the kitchen fridge and the phone in your pocket, and it asks consumers to treat those devices as parts of one “AI Home.”...
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  12. Microsoft Copilot Arrives on Samsung 2025 TVs and Monitors for Shared Living Room AI

    Microsoft’s Copilot AI has arrived on Samsung’s 2025 smart TVs and smart monitors, bringing a voice‑driven, conversational assistant and animated on‑screen persona to the living room at no extra cost — initially on select Micro LED, Neo QLED, OLED, The Frame and The Frame Pro models, plus the...
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  13. Microsoft Copilot on Samsung 2025 TVs: Vision AI and Cloud Productivity

    Microsoft’s Copilot is arriving on Samsung’s 2025 smart screens, bringing conversational AI, context-aware recommendations, and Microsoft 365—style productivity features to a range of TVs and smart monitors through Samsung’s Vision AI framework and an embedded Copilot web experience. This shift...
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  14. Copilot on Samsung 2025 TVs: Vision AI Brings AI to the Big Screen

    Samsung and Microsoft have agreed to bring Microsoft Copilot — the company’s generative AI assistant — to Samsung’s 2025 TVs and Smart Monitors, folding natural‑language AI into large displays via Samsung’s new Vision AI framework and a Copilot web experience built into the screens. This move...
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  15. Linux vs Windows for a HomeLab: When to Use Each

    The short answer is: for most home labs, Linux is the better base, but the full story is more nuanced — Windows still earns a place when you need specific application compatibility, native GPU use for desktop tasks, or a familiar GUI for mixed-use machines. The advice in the popular How‑To Geek...
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  16. Reviving Windows Media Center on Windows 10 & 11: Guide for Enthusiasts

    Windows Media Center, once hailed as the heart of the home theater PC, continues to cast a long shadow over the modern Windows experience. Years after its discontinuation, a resilient community of enthusiasts has revived the rich, all-in-one digital media hub—bringing classic DVR, TV streaming...
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  17. Smart home stuff making my Windows 10 PC act weird - need help

    Hey guys, So I've been messing around with turning my old desktop into a smart home controller and honestly it's been a bit of a nightmare. Been lurking here for ages but finally decided to post because I'm pulling my hair out. What I'm dealing with: Got an older Dell Optiplex running Windows...

  18. Talk2Windows: The Open-Source Voice Control Revolution for Windows 11

    In the evolving landscape of digital assistants, Microsoft's Cortana once held promise as a voice-activated companion for Windows users. However, its integration fell short of expectations, leading to its discontinuation in 2023. Filling this void, Talk2Windows emerges as a free, open-source...
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  19. Top 8 AI Assistants in 2025: Enhance Productivity, Creativity & Privacy

    In an era dominated by digital transformation, AI assistants have swiftly transitioned from experimental novelties to essential daily companions, seamlessly embedded throughout our professional and personal lives. As artificial intelligence continues its rapid evolution, 2025 marks a pivotal...
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  20. Breaking the Firmware Barrier: Achieving a PC-Free Lifestyle with Mobile and Cross-Platform Updates

    For tech enthusiasts and digital minimalists alike, the notion of living entirely without a conventional PC has never felt more plausible or more tantalizing. The last decade has borne witness to a slow, steady decoupling from the “one PC per desk” doctrine that defined personal computing for so...
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