ELTAKO, maker of smart switches and Matter relays, is teaming up with Home Assistant for better device support.

Imagine walking into your home and, with a single tap on a sleek, wall-mounted screen, adjusting the lights, setting the perfect temperature, or even queuing up your favorite playlist, all without ...

All you need to get started with making your home a smart home is to add a few devices that work with your smartphone, tablet ...

The Google Home web app now features a “Devices” tab, allowing control of more smart devices. This update is currently available to users in the Google Home Public Preview program. The new controls ...

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 ...

In another loss for early smart home adopters, Logitech has announced that it will brick all Pop switches on October 15.

What if managing your smart home felt less like a chore and more like second nature? The Home Assistant 2025.9 update, released this September, is here to make that vision a reality. Packed with ...

I’m a smart home nerd. That’s a given after running a smart home-focused website for nearly a decade and testing pretty much every platform, system and setup available. As such, people often ask me ...

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