On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, Matic co-founder Mehul Nariyawala joins to round up the Apple Event rumors and talk about why Matic's robot is so radically different.

This is a jam-packed episode of the show as it coincides with not only Apple's iPhone event, but it is the end of IFA. Mehul brings a wealth of knowledge as we break it all down, including what we want to see Apple announce.

After the Apple event coverage, we pivoted to discussing the news for the week, which included a lot of IFA announcements. There were new robots, smart home controls, and a lot of lights.

Sonos was a big topic as well. It announced the Sonos Beam Ultra soundbar and Sonos Ace Ultra headphones.

There were several new apps to come on the scene recently. We check out Wallflower 3.0, Overflight, and Threadlytics.

Wallflower has been updated to version 3.0 which brings many updates to this Apple Home dashboard app. It can detect as you approach and change the view and intelligently shows cameras and accessories based on relevancy, like if a camera spots motion.

Overflight is a plane radar app, which is great for Apple TV. It can show you the information of flights as they pass over your head.

Finally, Threadlytics is a new app currently in beta that can provide information on your Thread network. It can give you a health report on your network and break down the number of Thread devices by ecosystem, like Matter, Apple Home, SmartThings, and more.

In other news, Google has increased the price of its Google TV Streamer. It is now priced at $150, up from $99, which is still shy of the Apple TV that starts at $199.

We wrap up the episode to talk about vacuums. Matic is a square, box-shaped vacuum rather than the disc shape that all others use.

Mehul walks us through that particular design choice, why it has no multi-function dock, and its advantages to every other vacuum and mop on the market. Other parts of the conversation touch on an impending price increase, AI use for control, and its privacy focus.

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