The best choices right now are the Kidde/Ring collaboration detectors ($75) that work with the Ring app for free, and the ...

If you have old smart home devices you are replacing or don't use, I have the ways to give them new life and purpose.

The permanent placement turned into a bigger deal than I anticipated. My wife doesn't need to unlock her phone and navigate ...

Latency is another reason you might want to bother with bindings. When two devices can talk to each other directly, they ...

Google Home is developing a new workflow for setting up new devices. The interface is search-based, letting you look up a ...

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 ...

From opening your garage door as you drive up to arming your security system when you leave, a geofence can make your smart home work like magic.

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Which devices to make your home a smart home are best? Nine out of 10 adults in the U.S. are connected to the internet and more than half own a tablet computer. All you need to get started with making ...

The Raspberry Pi might sound like dessert, but it's actually a credit card–sized computer changing the world of DIY tech. First launched in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it was designed to make ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. To set up NFC tags with the smart devices, use the Shortcuts application in iOS and Home Assistant for Android. Open the app, go to the NFC ...

Sanuj is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables. He started his tech journey with a Lumia smartphone, diving into Windows Phone. Later, he switched to ...