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Apple's HomeView smart display leads a substantial expansion into the smart home market, alongside new Apple TV 4K, HomePod Mini 2, and third-party accessories. This new lineup offers deep ecosystem integration but comes with premium pricing and staggered release dates.
Welcome Home! Apple's latest hardware event introduced a suite of new devices designed to enhance your smart home experience. From a dedicated smart hub that recalls the classic iMac G4 to upgraded entertainment and
Ring's new smart lock features an innovative manual 'power dial' to prevent lockouts from dead batteries, alongside multiple smart unlocking methods. While promising, key specs and availability are still TBD.
Apple and LG are reportedly collaborating on a new range of smart home devices, including a doorbell, lock, and thermostat. These LG-branded products will integrate with Apple's ecosystem, expected to be revealed at an upcoming event.
Learn to set up, use, and troubleshoot Linkind Smart Light Sticks to unlock their dynamic 50-zone multi-color lighting effects and integrate them with your smart home system.
Quick Verdict Giving an old laptop a second life as a smart home hub using Home Assistant is a brilliant, cost-effective way to centralize your smart home, especially if you're a tinkerer or want to experiment before
Build smarter, multipurpose Home Assistant devices this weekend (Sep 18-20)! Learn to combine presence sensing, smart buttons, and status lights into one unit, add displays to Bluetooth proxies, and integrate your standing desk with presence tracking for a cleaner, more efficient smart home.
This guide helps you choose the best smart speaker in 2026 by evaluating your ecosystem, prioritizing features, and reviewing top Amazon, Google, Apple, and portable options. Learn to pick a device that integrates seamlessly and enhances your smart home.
Apple's new AI-powered security camera features for HomeKit Secure Video come with a hefty price tag, reaching up to $60 a month. These Apple Intelligence enhancements offer video summaries and advanced search but require higher-tier iCloud Plus subscriptions, a significant increase from the previous $1 monthly entry cost.
Wyze has launched "Wyze Stories," an AI-powered feature for home security cameras designed to combat notification fatigue. It stitches together multi-camera footage into a chronological, social media-style feed, complete with AI-generated text summaries of important events. Available with the $19.99/month "Cam Unlimited Pro" subscription, this innovation aims to streamline how users monitor their homes.
Learn how to build a subscription-free smart home by choosing devices with local control and leveraging platforms like Home Assistant for security cameras, video doorbells, garage openers, and home security systems.
Learn to protect your main home network by moving vulnerable smart devices to your guest Wi-Fi, enhancing security with easy, actionable steps.
Learn to utilize 4 major, free Fire TV upgrades, including smart home control, enhanced navigation, expanded app pinning, and a new Instagram app, to streamline your streaming experience.
Learn to set up a Raspberry Pi to automatically sync photos from an iCloud Shared Album, turning it into an auto-updating digital photo frame with a Python script and systemd timers.
Explore the Roborock Saros 10R's innovative self-cleaning features and navigation, understand its cleaning performance across different surfaces, and learn how to secure this advanced robot vacuum for $700 off.
This one-day Woot sale on refurbished Roborock vacuums offers incredible value, with models from $100 to $310. Automate cleaning and save hundreds on powerful, intelligent devices like the Q7 Max, Q Revo, or S8 Plus. Act fast, as these deals expire tonight.
Phone notifications are easily overlooked for critical smart home events like a water leak or automation failure. For these crucial situations, relying solely on a phone ping isn't enough. This guide shows you how to
WIRED journalist Kat Merck has released her updated 2026 guide to the best fans, highlighting how modern devices have evolved beyond basic air circulation. The review features smart, multi-functional fans with advanced tech like radar tracking and air purification, based on rigorous testing.
Most smart home systems excel at monitoring and automating tasks inside your house. However, extending your smart capabilities to the outdoors can unlock a new level of convenience, security, and insight. By
Bringing new smart devices into your home is exciting! From automating your lights to monitoring your energy use, smart home tech offers incredible convenience. However, a little preparation goes a long way in ensuring
Learn to set up a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) for your smart home to enhance security by isolating vulnerable IoT devices from your main network in a few structured steps.
Quick Verdict The Philips Hue Bridge Pro, a key component for many smart home setups, recently encountered a significant firmware issue that rendered a small number of devices inoperable. While Philips (Signify) has
As Independence Day approaches, a wave of tech sales has begun, extending many deals seen during the recent Prime Day. Major retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, and REI are offering significant discounts on Apple products, gaming gear, smart home devices, and outdoor equipment. Shoppers can find items like the M3 iPad Air, SteelSeries headphones, and Govee smart lamps at reduced prices, with some Apple items returning to pre-price hike values.
The SwitchBot Smart Rechargeable Fan is a portable, powerful, and smart cooling solution praised for its versatility and long battery life, making it a steal at its current $60 Prime Day price despite a long recharge time.
Chinese company Yueban has unveiled Xiaoban, an autonomous, self-driving toilet designed to enhance accessibility for individuals with mobility issues. Featuring lidar navigation, a built-in bidet, self-cleaning, and automated waste disposal, it seeks to bring personal hygiene solutions directly to the user.
