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Episode 591 - Schneider buys Shelly

Oct 2, 2026 · 56 min · 19 segments

On this week's show: Schneider Electric wants Shelly, Apple’s smart home hub may finally be real, Amazon refreshes the Fire TV Stick 4K, Disney raises streaming prices because apparently doubling…

On this week's show: Schneider Electric wants Shelly, Apple’s smart home hub may finally be real, Amazon refreshes the Fire TV Stick 4K, Disney raises streaming prices because apparently doubling profits wasn’t enough, ULTRALOQ rolls out new Matter and Aliro-ready locks, Home Assistant’s latest beta overhauls maps, and the local-control crowd keeps cooking with June oven and Roborock cloud-escape projects. We also hit some custom-install gear from Crestron and NextLevel, a weird little Pro-Ject streaming amp, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more! - Shelly Group Has Entered Into an Investment Agreement With Schneider Electric on the intended Voluntary Public Takeover supported by the founders | Shelly Group - Report: Anthropic Lost $42 Billion in 2025, Will Spend $518 Billion in Coming Years - HomeTech Headlines - Apple's smart home hub could arrive next month - Engadget - Amazon unveils a thinner and faster Fire TV Stick 4K, plus a new remote - Engadget - Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits - ULTRALOQ Launches New Smart Lock Collection Including ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission, Bolt Pro and Latch 5 Pro - Wireless Box E – Pro-Ject Audio Systems - NextLevel Acoustics Mantelbar Integrates Fireplace Audio - Crestron Home OS 4.12 Adds Multiview for Multiple Video Sources - Anker's new eufy S4 video doorbell sees everything with 360-degree AI tracking - The June oven could live on - From the selfhosted community on Reddit: Self-host your own Roborock cloud without rooting or hardware modification - Technical Writeup - Roborock Local Server - Home Assistant 2026.10 Beta: You are here 📍 - Tesla, Home Assistant, ESPHome and Smarter Automation with Gavin Campbell – HGG690 - Droplet: Smart Home Water Sensor

On this week's show: Schneider Electric wants Shelly, Apple’s smart home hub may finally be real, Amazon refreshes the Fire TV Stick 4K, Disney raises streaming prices because apparently doubling…

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Speakers: Seth JohnsonHostGavin CampbellHostTJ HuddlestonHost

Top entities: Apple×20 Amazon.com×9 Schneider Electric×6 FaceTime×5 Europe×3

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈1.4M followers

Schneider Electric Buys Shelly4:10 – 7:27

Seth JohnsonHost

4:10

Well, speaking of, speaking of companies that are making money, Shelly.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:13

Shelly is, uh, Schneider Electric plans to, to do a, uh, a voluntary public tender to offer all outstanding Shelly group shares for 70 euros cash per share.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:24

That values Shelly at $1.2 billion for all those little $5 Shellies.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:29

Crazy.

T

TJ HuddlestonHost

4:30

That is a lot of money for $5 buttons.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:32

I know.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:32

Isn't that...

Seth JohnsonHost

4:33

That's crazy.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:33

Well, good for Shelly.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:34

Good for Shelly for, uh, for, um, for selling out, I guess.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:38

I don't know.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:39

It sounds like they are.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:39

Schneider Electric's big.

Gavin CampbellHost

4:41

This, this actually shocked me because over here in the, the Americas, um, I didn't get a sense that Shelly was that big, but I guess in Europe it's huge up there, right? Um-

Seth JohnsonHost

4:52

[laughs] It's like that old joke-

Gavin CampbellHost

4:53

So-

Seth JohnsonHost

4:53

... they're hu- they're huge in Europe, Gavin.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:55

Come on.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:55

[laughs]

Gavin CampbellHost

4:56

I didn't...

Gavin CampbellHost

4:57

I, I honestly, I did not know how big of a company they were, how big they were, so, uh, good for them.

Gavin CampbellHost

5:03

I was shocked.

T

TJ HuddlestonHost

5:04

Do we, do we know, like, how much money Shelly actually makes? Uh, like I don't think it's public information, right?

Seth JohnsonHost

5:09

No, it wouldn't be.

Seth JohnsonHost

5:09

It wouldn't be.

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Schneider Electric Buys Shelly4:10 – 7:27

Seth JohnsonHost

4:10

Well, speaking of, speaking of companies that are making money, Shelly.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:13

Shelly is, uh, Schneider Electric plans to, to do a, uh, a voluntary public tender to offer all outstanding Shelly group shares for 70 euros cash per share.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:24

That values Shelly at $1.2 billion for all those little $5 Shellies.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:29

Crazy.

T

TJ HuddlestonHost

4:30

That is a lot of money for $5 buttons.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:32

I know.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:32

Isn't that...

Seth JohnsonHost

4:33

That's crazy.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:33

Well, good for Shelly.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:34

Good for Shelly for, uh, for, um, for selling out, I guess.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:38

I don't know.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:39

It sounds like they are.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:39

Schneider Electric's big.

Gavin CampbellHost

4:41

This, this actually shocked me because over here in the, the Americas, um, I didn't get a sense that Shelly was that big, but I guess in Europe it's huge up there, right? Um-

Seth JohnsonHost

4:52

[laughs] It's like that old joke-

Gavin CampbellHost

4:53

So-

Seth JohnsonHost

4:53

... they're hu- they're huge in Europe, Gavin.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:55

Come on.

Seth JohnsonHost

4:55

[laughs]

Gavin CampbellHost

4:56

I didn't...

Gavin CampbellHost

4:57

I, I honestly, I did not know how big of a company they were, how big they were, so, uh, good for them.

Gavin CampbellHost

5:03

I was shocked.

T

TJ HuddlestonHost

5:04

Do we, do we know, like, how much money Shelly actually makes? Uh, like I don't think it's public information, right?

Seth JohnsonHost

5:09

No, it wouldn't be.

Seth JohnsonHost

5:09

It wouldn't be.

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