The Smart Home Gadgets You Don't Think About with Chris Wedel
Update: 2025-10-21
Description
Welcome to The Sideload episode 9, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is joined by Chris Wedel, the creator behind the YouTube channel Gadgets & Gravel and a writer at sites like CNET, Android Central, and XDA. Chris has dived deep into the type of smart home gadgets you might not think about all too often — robot lawn mowers, wall-illuminating specialized bulbs, electric scooters, and much more — and the result is an exceptionally fun chat on all sorts of gadgets and the state of creation in 2025.
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Timestamps
- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:02:19 - Gadgets & Gravel
- 00:06:32 - Creating in 2025
- 00:17:35 - Robo-lawnmowers
- 00:40:57 - Weird smart lights
- 01:04:03 - Wrap-up
- 01:06:50 - Bonus football chat for those that care
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