Mon Apr 27 2026, 11:25 AM EDT · 2 minute read Smart Home Insider Podcast This week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast is all about the smart kitchen, breaking down which devices do and don't need to have connectivity and why there's been a drought on Matter appliances. In the news this week, we had a rare improvement on pricing. Ecovacs has announced that due to tariff reversals, they were able to drop prices on its vacuums by as much as $400. DJI has also received its first Matter certification from the CSA. It's for a robotic vacuum with Matter version 1.4.2, which could be the existing Romo P, A, and S models that have already been released. The Thread Group is testing a new official Thread app. This new app is launching as an early alpha on Android before moving to iOS in the near future. This app, as it stands, will be able to view your local Thread network and help with diagnostics.…