Using a compact, affordable smart speaker with Home Assistant made it easy to manage smart devices with voice control.

If you’ve got smart appliances from Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau, or Neff, Home Connect is a must. I installed it on a Raspberry Pi that doubles as my client’s kitchen control panel.

In the smart home category, this means that Apple will want to enter categories that are either unsettled, populated with cheap, uninspiring, and hard-to-operate gear, or have room for a premium ...

If you're looking for the best Alexa smart display to add to your home, you may be deciding between the Echo Hub vs. the Echo Show 8. Here's how the two compare on price, versatility, and features.

Apple’s supposed first new home product jumps right into one of the trickiest categories: the smart display.Originally designed as a way to “show” you what the voice assistant in your smart ...

Newer Fire tablets (version 7 and later) come with a custom-made smart home dashboard that offers a nice-looking interface. ( Older Fire tablets will work as smart home hubs too but without the ...

Like the Nest Hub Max, it can act as a smart home controller — and I sure hope it paves the way for a better smart home interface. It had better.

Amazon makes the Echo Show, a smart display with a speaker and a 10-inch display. It can be used for controlling smart home products, watching video, making calls, and more.

Smart home devices, with all their quirks and capabilities, are only part of the equation. ... The Arlo interface is also clean and quite intuitive once set up.

An updated Lock Screen interface in iOS 17 will turn the iPhone into a "smart-home display," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.When not in use and positioned in a horizontal orientation, the ...

After entering the smart-TV sector years ago by licensing its interface and brand, Roku now plans to design and manufacture its own line of TV sets.