Finally, there’s the swanky Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus, a 6.9-inch touchscreen smart home hub designed to take on the likes of ...

Amazon's Echo Dot is recommended as the best smart home hub for most people in our buying guide. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Matter, acts as an eero extender, has motion and temperature sensors, ...

Naturally, you’ll need a Home Assistant server for this to work. The platform is free and open-source, and runs on just about ...

Cody is a Commerce Writer for Android Police, which means he usually has a dozen or so Safari tabs open, comparing prices and reading product reviews. He covers everything from short-term flash sales ...

Matter 1.4.1 implements a handful of new features to ease new-device setup. Multi-device QR code setup will let you add a whole box of smart home devices while only scanning a single QR code. NFC ...

Here are my favorite home apps to make smart home management fast and fun, without the clutter or annoying navigation.

Cody is a Commerce Writer for Android Police, which means he usually has a dozen or so Safari tabs open, comparing prices and reading product reviews. He covers everything from short-term flash sales ...

The Matter standard has received the 1.4.1 update, which includes a series of improvements and optimizations specifically designed to eliminate most of the pitfalls you encounter when setting up ...

Having a smart home isn't just about voice assistants. An effective setup creates an interconnected ecosystem of devices working together to make daily life more convenient, efficient, and secure ...

When my family moved homes, we lost our smart home set up, and my family was surprisingly lost without it. Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Shelly Group, a developer of smart home innovation, promises to redefine home automation and interoperability at CES 2025 with the unveiling its Gen4 Series smart home product lineup ...