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Your smart home needs these outdoor sensors (here’s why)

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Outdoor sensors extend smart home reach beyond walls

Most smart home sensors stay indoors, until outdoor data arrives. A recent explainer from HowToGeek argues that the data and triggers your smart setup can and should live outside the house as well. The piece starts with a simple premise: the outdoors are not a blank canvas for gadgets. They are a da

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