Category: #Smarthomes

Color can affect your mood. Businesses spend thousands of dollars each year researching which colors of decor will encourage customers to drop the most dough when…

Video Doorbells are among the best smarthome devices you can own. And these days, there are more choices than ever, each with different benefits and…

Logitech has added a new connected security camera to its lineup, with the Circle View not only weatherproof but supporting Apple’s latest HomeKit protocol for…

You’ve figured out the basics of setting up your smart home, now it’s time to raise your game. I’ve spent years installing, configuring, and tweaking…

Connected kitchen gadgets are supposed to streamline cooking, but this one just gave me a headache. Source: https://www.wired.com/review/amazon-smart-oven/ Proactive Computing found this story and shared…

Tesla’s Powerwall can ironically create problems if you’re all-in on the company’s ecosystem. What happens if there’s a power outage and the battery pack has…

How often do you check your smart security system? You hooked everything up, and unless something happens, you probably just assume everything’s working normally. But,…

Thanks to COVID-19, more people are working from home than ever before. The only problem is you might not have a webcam to use. If…

Right now, with much of the world staying at home, your services might fail you. If you’re a Nest user, you may be experiencing that…

Amazon’s Blink is known for making affordable, easy-to-install cameras like the XT2. Its latest camera continues the trend. At $35, the Blink Mini is Blink’s most affordable…

Wyze Right now, more people are working from home than ever. Because of increased called for virtual conference calls, webcams are now a hot commodity…

While many buyers may think setting up a smart home is easy, it’s really anything but. To do things right, you need to make sure…

Imagine a luxurious bathroom that knows your perfect water temperature for your morning shower, adjusts the lighting as you walk in and a mirror that…

Did you know that you can use a Google Nest to find your phone? It doesn’t matter what kind of Nest you have; as long…

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have come up with this new IoT Assistant app (available for both iOS and Android) that will supposedly inform you about what Internet-connected…

People rarely spend their free time reading about thermostats. So, when its time to actually buy one, words like “programmable,” “smart,” and “learning” can be…

By Jon Chase This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter’s independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may…

It’s not just Ring committing to improving the security of its smart home systems in 2020. Google’s Nest has announced that, as of this spring,…

If you’re leery about chatting with Alexa late at night because her blaring replies might wake the whole house, you can turn on a setting…

Both Android TVs and Samsung TVs now let you play your PC games on a smart TV via the free Steam Link app. Here we’re…

If you buy a smart home device right now, it’s more than likely it’ll work with Amazon Alexa, or Google Assistant, or maybe even both—but…