Z wave alliance will have a pretty big presence at CES 2019, with individual manufacturers like Aeotec and Greenwave having various âpodsâ inside the Z wave exhibit space.
They are also moving the Z wave âexperience houseâ into the main exhibit space, which I expect means it will be smaller as well. Theyâve chosen four âstoriesâ for the house this year, which are interesting:
The stories for the four areas of the home will focus on:
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- Outside - Never come home to a dark house/home away from home
- Kitchen - Making life easier/comfort and convenience
- Living Room - Keeping kids safe/security
- Bedroom - Good morning/Good night - aging in place
https://members.z-wavealliance.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1142797
The zigbee alliance doesnât have its own exhibit space, but there will be lots of zigbee manufacturers there.
Official alliance representatives can be found at the Leedarson booth, which is interesting in itself.
https://www.zigbee.org/zigbee-at-ces-2019/
Significant news and initiatives that will have an industry-wide impact will be announced by the Zigbee Alliance from CES in early January. These developments will continue to drive the evolution of the IoT in 2019:
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- An important new industry liaison that furthers the Zigbee Allianceâs vision to harmonize the IoT;
- The addition of an exciting technology giant to the Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors that affirms Zigbeeâs importance to the future of the smart home; and
- Release of the Dotdot over Thread specification and announcement of the certification program.
Iâm betting the âtechnology giantâ is Amazon, but thatâs purely a guess.
IBM Will have some interesting presentations on block chain, AI, and IT infrastructure, including a Tuesday keynote from Rometty on AI and trust.
What with 700 series coming out, this could be interesting!
Samsung official livestream links available in the following press release:
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The Ring products are interesting. It looks like they use Bluetooth LE and LoRa and require a separate Ring Beams hub/bridge.Why not just use z-wave and have the Ring Alarm be the hub?
Iâve responded to you in the thread on the device, but the short answer is Iâm pretty sure this is coming out of the Mr. beams acquisition.
A friend sent me this, it cracked me up: 
what to expect from CES 2019:
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Smoke
Mirrors
Vapor
Handshakes
And Cute Robots.
I wondered the EXACT same thing when I saw that, especially since the Ring âAlarmâ base station is quietly/seemingly gearing up to be a home automation hub with both ZigBee and Z-WaveâŠ
Because only JD âitâs hard for me to type stuffâ could hit the daily posting limit 
I donât type. At all. I dictate. Thatâs why certain kinds of things are really hard for me to post. Either I canât get the formatting right or the voice recognition software fights me on the spelling. But I can definitely talk. 
That made me lol!
A little off-topic, but appropriate considering the recent announcement. Anyone remember this? It was the last time Loweâs would appear committed to Iris.
This was from CES 2016. One of the VPs with Iris at the time took these for me.
Speaking of vaporware, those around Iris in 2016 surely remember this. At the same CES Loweâs announced a strategic partnership with LG. ThinQ appliances would integrate fully into Iris starting with this washer and dryer. This integration was to be released in the second quarter of 2016 with kitchen appliances following soon after.
It never materialized⊠I have the washing machine to prove it! 
In 2017, Iris was not at CES. At all. It never returned.
Officially, Apple isnât at CES.
Unofficially, they put up a 12 storey billboard right outside the Las Vegas convention hallâŠ
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Brilliant adding HomeKit support. But as with all HomeKit announcements, donât believe it until itâs live. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/07/brilliant-control-homekit-support/
Arlo Ultra and Pro 2 getting HomeKit support. The base for the Ultra can act as a smart home hub and will supposedly add zwave and zigbee support later in 2019 when their security system debuts.
Wonder if this is why the SmartThings ADT panel is being clearanced out
Still not DIY, so who knows?
It has a camera and Geofencing, though, which definitely makes it an improvement.