HOME SWEET SOFTWARE UPDATE.

Smart Homes

Your house is listening. Mostly for troubleshooting purposes.

Every room now has an opinion.

Here you’ll find lights turning on without permission, thermostats judging everyone’s comfort settings, doorbells reporting neighborhood activity, speakers misunderstanding simple requests, robot vacuums choosing sides, and appliances requiring passwords before performing basic household tasks.

Trust the Tone. Ignore the Appliances.

APPLIANCES ONLINE. HUMAN OFFLINE.

Smart Home Cartoons

Lights with opinions, vacuums with boundaries, toilets awaiting updates, and appliances requiring more supervision than the people who bought them.

According to Chad cartoon showing a smart home making unsolicited decisions about lighting, temperature, television, and clothing.

According to Chad

Smart Home Has Strong Opinions

The thermostat, television, and lights have reviewed your choices and would like to discuss several concerns.

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Chad Defines cartoon showing malfunctioning smart-home systems, offline lights, thermostat errors, and a robot vacuum giving up.

Chad Defines

Home Automation Gone Wrong

Simple household tasks have been reorganized into systems you now have to troubleshoot.

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Ask Chad cartoon showing a robot vacuum strategically avoiding the visible mess it was purchased to clean.

Ask Chad

Robot Vacuums Avoid Mess on Purpose

It is not avoiding the dirt. It is practicing strategic non-engagement.

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According to Chad cartoon showing smart-home cameras and devices preserving evidence of a man's embarrassing evening.

According to Chad

Smart Homes Remember Everything

Your house is always listening, and apparently it does not believe in deleting embarrassing footage.

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According to Chad cartoon showing a man watching an instructional tutorial before attempting to use a smart toaster.

According to Chad

The Toaster Requires Training

Breakfast now begins with a quick-start guide, a tutorial, and several minutes of quiet self-doubt.

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According to Chad cartoon showing a smart toilet delaying use while installing a software update.

According to Chad

Even Toilets Need Updates Now

Nothing says progress like waiting for your plumbing to finish installing critical improvements.

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According to Chad cartoon comparing super intelligence with functional unintelligence in a kitchen full of connected appliances.

According to Chad

Super Intelligence Meets Functional Unintelligence

Smart technology has reached the point where the toaster needs instructions and the microwave needs Wi-Fi.

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According to Chad cartoon about a connected bathroom scale asking the user to accept cookies.

According to Chad

Cookies Accepted. Reality Isn’t.

A smart bathroom scale asks you to accept cookies. Apparently even weighing yourself now requires agreeing to terms.

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A man watches a delivery driver through a video doorbell instead of answering the door.

According to Chad

The Doorbell Review Process

Answering the door has become a screening process. Now you can review visitors without leaving the couch.

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A cartoon about a microwave receiving a firmware update and changing its language.

Chad Defines

The Microwave Has Gone Swedish

The microwave got a firmware update. Dinner may now require a translation.

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A smart home filled with connected appliances that need customer support.

According to Chad

When Your Smart Home Calls Customer Service

Everything in the house is connected. Mostly to customer service.

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Ask Chad cartoon about a smart light turning itself on to network with other devices.

Ask Chad

When Your Smart Light Starts Networking

The smart light turns itself on. Apparently it has been networking with the other devices.

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