The Verge ’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and John Higgins are joined by Matt Rogers
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The product begins as the Easy Zapper, takes off, sells to Logitech, expands like crazy for several years… and then begins to fade.
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- The Verge ’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and John Higgins are joined by Matt Rogers, the CEO of Mill and former co-founder of Nest, to reckon with two decades of buttons and touchscreens
- On Version History: What the Harmony remote got right, why it never got everything right, and whether they still need one today
- On this episode of Version History, they tell the story of the Harmony
- The product begins as the Easy Zapper, takes off, sells to Logitech, expands like crazy for several years… and then begins to fade
Summary
On Version History: What the Harmony remote got right, why it never got everything right, and whether they still need one today. You don’t ever have to explain why a universal remote is a good idea. You have a bunch of stuff that needs controlling; this thing controls them all. On this episode of Version History, they tell the story of the Harmony. The Verge ’s David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and John Higgins are joined by Matt Rogers, the CEO of Mill and former co-founder of Nest, to reckon with two decades of buttons and touchscreens. This is the first episode of the fourth season of Version History. (The team are so back.) For the next several weeks, they're telling a bunch of stories about the smart home, from Hue lights to Keurig coffee to the viral sensation that was The Clapper. The Version History podcast feed The best universal remote you can buy | The Verge.