Amazon and Google just launched a bunch of new smart home hardware and software features this week, and I know you have questions. I haven’t tested any of them yet, but I got some hands-on time with ...

The Homey Pro (2023) is a standalone hub that aims to combine every single device in your smart home, allowing you to produce ...

Expensive upfront costs Fundamentally alters your home. There are a lot of different reasons why you might want a whole-home backup battery. Perhaps you lose power frequently. You might be expecting ...

Apple HomeKit and Google Home are two of the best smart home platforms around. HomeKit is tightly regulated by Apple, which allows it to offer a streamlined experience that works flawlessly with all ...

The new AI-powered capabilities primarily focus on a smart home assistant that can understand and use natural language, as well as comprehend, generate, and summarize descriptions of events within and ...

UK consumer advocacy body Which? is calling on big name smart device makers to guarantee security updates for more than just two years. The organization points out that household appliances like ...

Just like WiFi-enabled lights and plugs and locks, smart thermostats give you the ability to automate the temperature ...

You can start your smart home journey with as little as a cheap smart plug. Your home will already be smarter, but it can quickly get addictive. One plug becomes five, and before you know it you've ...

[Jeff Sandberg] has put a fair bit of effort into adding solar and battery storage with associated smarts to his home, but his energy usage statistics were incomplete. His solution was to read data ...

A Reddit user 3D printed a DIY Stream Deck replica with 12 programmable keys and a custom enclosure, mimicking the look and some features of Elgato's device. The Stream Deck utilizes an ESP32 and ...

Apple was apparently planning to introduce homeOS in March this year, but the delays with AI-related features killed those plans. “That operating system and device, however, rely heavily on the ...