We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Just a few decades ago, smart houses were the stuff of fiction. We imagined a future with intelligent structures (some of which took a turn ...

The 8-inch touchscreen panel wants to quarterback your connected home with support for Matter, Thread, Zigbee and more, plus a new Map View mode. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a ...

The homes will get smarter this year as we witness the best smart home devices of CES 2026 revolutionize the technology for ...

Powered by a two-way system with a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.8-inch tweeter, this smart speaker is claimed to offer three times the bass response of its predecessor Echo Dot. Echo Show 8 smart display, ...

Anyone with a fair amount of connected devices in their home can tell you that it's a bit of a hassle keeping tabs on and controlling the growing population of gadgets. Fortunately, smart-home ...

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When it comes to professionally installed and monitored home security systems that also offer all the creature comforts of a smart home, no one does it better than Vivint. Most home security systems ...

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 ...