Category: #Smarthomes

wadstock/Shutterstock.com Smarthomes are increasingly popular, and one of the areas you can smarten up is your door locks. But what are the advantages? Is it…

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com Smart homes are probably the closest we can get to the futuristic dwellings seen in science fiction. The technology powering all of this can…

TVs aren’t known for having the best built-in sound, but buying a set of speakers to amplify your audio can be a pain (not to…

Upgrading to a smart thermostat is a great way to save money on your annual energy bill and automate your home. Choosing the right one…

For years I’ve said that automation is the key to great smart homes. Voice controls are nice, but a system that anticipates your needs is…

Google Just months after announcing its commitment to Matter, the unified smart home standard, Google is launching a set of tools to help developers integrate…

Apparently Roomba owners who also own dogs have long encountered a problem: If the dog poops on the floor, their helpful robot vacuum rides right…

Segway, the personal transport company, is moving into lawn care. The Navimow is the brand’s first smart lawn mower, and it looks to fix one of…

New Africa/Shutterstock.com Smart blinds or shades are a great investment that’ll polish off your smart home and really pull everything together. When you deck out…

The Matter smart home protocol (formerly Project CHIP) laid down a gauntlet for itself when it stepped triumphantly into the world: solve all the worst…

The Ring smart home ecosystem continues to grow with the addition of this outdoor smart plug. It’s a capable but familiar product, offering two independently…

With smart plugs, you can schedule appliances to turn on and off, control them with your voice, and track their energy consumption. Use our recommended…

We’ve been waiting quite awhile for Google to refresh its lineup of security cameras, and today’s the day. Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/googles-overhauled-nest-cams-are-smarter-and-easier-to-1847423291 Proactive Computing found…

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As IoT devices like Amazon Echo become more and more popular, it isn’t unusual for users to re-sell them. Indeed, it’s increasingly common to come…

Many love using their Google Nest Hubs to show off pictures, but you don’t have to use the display as a photo frame. We’ll show…

As long as science fiction’s been around, and probably longer, the fear of technology has fueled the stories that keep us up at night. One…

SimpliSafe smart home security systems consist of a series of sensors and cameras that can be installed by virtually all homeowners. Is one right for…

If you’ve ever gone down the rabbit hole of smart home gadgets, you’ve probably run across devices that require a “hub.” You might think, “Why…

Getting started with smart home technology is daunting. There are many different paths you can go down. A common component of smart homes is the central…

If you want to manage your Samsung-powered smart home, you need the SmartThings app for iOS and Android. Recently, it picked up AR capabilities to…

Cameron Summerson Today, Google is announcing a bunch of new tools on Google Assistant smart speakers, displays, and even smartphones. The hook is that these…