Spring is just around the corner, and that means home renovation season is about to kick into high gear. Many homeowners use the warmer months to refresh their living spaces, create their dream home ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I am not, by any definition, a coder, but when I started seeing people’s vibe-coded smart home projects all over ...

Smart home frameworks, broadly speaking, are meant to give you a greater degree of control over the features and functions of your home via interconnected devices. No matter how prevalent smart home ...

CES 2026 has come and gone, but it's never too late to take a closer look at the many smart home gadgets that companies unveiled during the event. If you are looking for your next smart home purchase, ...

Ikea's bold entries into the smart home are cheap, fun and ready to take the home security world by storm. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology ...

These products offer convenient home enhancements, such as control and safety sensors that work without setup, a smart lock that charges itself, and blinds that automatically shield you from the sun.

The smart home has been drifting into a world of interoperability lately that I never would have expected just a few years ago. And at CES 2026, that was on display—from smart locks that will support ...

IKEA took to CES for the first time ever this year in an effort to show off its new smart home tech, which continues to get better and better, but there’s one big asterisk for Google Home users based ...

If your smart home still feels more like a smart-ish home, make it your mission to make 2026 the year everything starts running as smoothly as it should. Between a genuine push by Big Tech to make the ...

My smart home routines are ready for a refresh. As new standards have emerged for connecting gadgets in the home, and Google and Amazon have been updating their respective hardware and apps, I've been ...

Apple is working on a smart home hub that will rely heavily on the more capable version of Siri that's coming next year. We've heard quite a bit about the hub over the last two years, but a recent iOS ...

The carrier’s Connected Life platform, now available nationwide, lets AT&T customers easily set up a smart home security system. Previously available as a pilot program in select markets, AT&T ...