I synced my smart lights with my TV — and it blew my mind By Anthony Spadafora last updated 19 October 22 Make your smart lights even smarter by having them sync up with your favorite TV shows, movies and games.
9 things you never knew you could do with smart lights By Katie Mortram last updated 19 October 22 If you’re a fan of smart lights, you should check out these 9 tricks that can take them to the next level.
Realspace Smart Electric Height-Adjustable Desk review By Anthony Spadafora published 17 October 22 The Realspace Smart Electric Height-Adjustable Desk is a smart standing desk with drawers for storage and built-in USB ports for charging your devices.
Apple reportedly wants to turn your iPad into a smart display — just like Pixel Tablet By Alan Martin last updated 16 October 22 By reportedly turning iPads into smart screens, Apple hopes to take a shortcut in the race to dominate the smart home.
Google Assistant is great at controlling smart lights — but Alexa does this one thing better By Anthony Spadafora published 15 October 22 Going back to using Google Assistant to control my smart lights after trying Alexa has been hard since Amazon’s virtual assistant is much less talkative.
Switchbot Lock Smart Lock review By Richard Baguley published 14 October 22 The Switchbot Lock can turn a dumb lock you can’t remove into a smart lock that can be controlled remotely.
Roku just launched a ton of cheap smart home devices — here’s the lineup By Mike Prospero published 12 October 22 Roku launched a range of smart home devices — security cameras, video doorbells, and smart lights. Here's a rundown of all of them.
I'm done with decorating for the holidays — thanks to these smart lights By Anthony Spadafora published 11 October 22 Smart lights are more versatile than traditional holiday lights with the added bonus that you can leave them up year round.
Google Pixel Tablet could kill smart displays — and tablets — as we know them By Mike Prospero last updated 7 October 22 The Google Pixel Tablet's dock with built-in speakers should make this one of the best smart displays ever.
Google Nest Wifi Pro — 5 reasons to buy and 5 reasons to skip By Anthony Spadafora published 6 October 22 The Nest Wifi Pro adds Wi-Fi 6E and Matter support but is it worth upgrading to Google’s latest mesh router system.
Google October Event: Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch and more By Roland Moore-Colyer published 6 October 22 The Google October event promises to fully reveal the Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch and more.
Google Home is finally catching up to Alexa and HomeKit — here's how By Mike Prospero published 5 October 22 Google Home is getting a redesign and getting smarter about how you can use your smart home devices.
Lockly Vision Elite Smart Lock review: Smart lock, doorbell and security camera in one By Richard Baguley published 30 September 22 This smart lock does a pretty good job of combining several smart home devices into one.
Amazon Echo Dot (4th gen) review By Mike Prospero published 29 September 22 The Amazon Echo Dot was the best smart speaker for less than $50, though it's since been replaced. Plus, the $60 Echo Dot with Clock is still the better value.
Amazon launch event recap — Kindle Scribe, Halo Rise, Fire TV, Echo and more By Mike Prospero last updated 29 September 22 Our live blog covered every Amazon product was it was announced at its fall hardware event.
Amazon just launched new Echo Dots, Echo Studio and Echo Auto — here's all the upgrades By Mike Prospero last updated 29 September 22 Amazon announced new versions of the Echo Dot, Echo Dot with Clock and Echo Auto, and some under-the-hood improvements to the Echo Studio.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 is finally becoming the device it should be By Mike Prospero published 29 September 22 Adding Fire TV to the Amazon Echo Show 15 makes this large smart display a much better device.
Amazon Echo Studio review: Alexa meets booming sound By Mike Prospero published 28 September 22 The Echo Studio is Amazon's best-sounding Alexa speaker yet, offering impressive bass, but it's not quite the best in its class.
Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) review By Mike Prospero published 28 September 22 Editor\'s Choice With a nicer design and vastly improved audio, the third-generation Echo Dot is Amazon's best, cheapest speaker yet.
Amazon event recap — Astro robot, Echo Show 15, Amazon Glow, Halo View and more By Kate Kozuch last updated 28 September 22 Here's everything announced at the Amazon Event, from the rolling Astro Robot and mountable Echo Show 5 to the Amazon Glow projector and Halo View fitness tracker.
Amazon event 2022: Date, time and what we expect to see By Malcolm McMillan published 28 September 22 Everything we know about Amazon's fall product announcement.
The first Roomba that can vacuum and mop is here — and I just saw it in action By Mike Prospero published 27 September 22 We had a chance to check out the iRobot Roomba Combo J7+ in action. Here's what we think.
Leviton Decora Smart WiFi Motion sensing Dimmer D2MSD-1BW review By Richard Baguley published 26 September 22 Editor\'s Choice This smart motion sensor, dimmer and light switch supports all of the smart home standards.
Amazon slashes Echo Show 5 to just $39 in huge sale By Rory Mellon published 23 September 22 Amazon is offering deep discounts on a range of Alexa-enabled smart speakers — deals include the Echo Show 5 for just $39
Amazon Key review By Susie Ochs published 22 September 22 Amazon Key solves a very specific problem for a very specific group of people: Amazon Prime customers who worry enough about stolen packages that they'll allow a delivery person to unlock their front door and drop the parcel off right inside their home.
How to Set Up the Echo Spot By Monica Chin last updated 19 September 22 The Amazon Echo Spot is a compact Alexa device that's pretty easy to set up. Here's how you do it.
Google Assistant may be saying bye-bye to 'Hey, Google' By Sanjana Prakash published 16 September 22 A Google app teardown hints at an upcoming feature that will let you create custom quick phrases on the Nest Hub Max to bring up Google Assistant without saying “Hey Google.”
Ring security flaw could have allowed hackers to spy on your saved videos — what to do By Anthony Spadafora last updated 15 September 22 Amazon has patched a flaw in the Ring app for Android that could have been used to spy on users.
These popular security cameras could be hacked to spy on you: What to do By Nicholas Fearn last updated 15 September 22 Flaws in TP-Link's mobile app for its Kasa smart-home devices could let hackers spy on you and take over your accounts.
Wyze patches serious flaws on its security cameras, but not its oldest one — what you need to know By Paul Wagenseil last updated 15 September 22 Wyze fixed three security flaws discovered by Bitdefender -- but not on Wyze Cam version 1, which won't get the patches.
