Robot vacuums are at their best when they quietly remove a chore from your week. The problem is most “cheap” ones still ask ...

This all happens through wires and requires that the lights you want to connect to the switch are bound by long strands of ...

Google Home and Nest users are reporting a significant decline in reliability, with devices frequently misunderstanding commands or failing to respond at all. Core features like controlling lights, ...

The findings illustrate the progression of smart home technologies from wireless networks to Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, the expansion of services from basic monitoring to ...

Not crazy about talking to Siri, Alexa or Gemini? You can easily create a voice assistant-free smart home with these tricks.

All smart homes are at risk of being hacked, but it's not a likely event. The type of bad actors that target smart homes and devices, such as security cameras, are opportunistic. They search randomly ...

Abstract: This paper elaborates on the design, implementation, and testing process of a smart home system based on the Internet of Things (IoT). The system adopts a three-tier architecture (perception ...

Introducing our most advanced Echo devices yet, featuring premium audio, next-generation AI processing and Omnisense sensor fusion for more proactive and personalized Alexa+ experiences. The Echo Dot ...

Audio has been another big part of IKEA’s push into the smart home. There are some existing Bluetooth speakers that offer neat designs and speaker-to-speaker pairing for groups, as well as the new ...

Smart home brand Aqara presented multiple firsts at CES 2026, including the first Matter thermostat with Apple Adaptive Temperature and the first smart lock with support for UWB Home Key.