Smart devices can be integrated into your home set-up in all sorts of clever and creative ways. These smart button tips will make your life easier.

Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

IKEA Dirigera runs many smart home actions locally; no required account, keeping schedules working during internet outages.

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 ...

LG is expanding its smart home offerings as the brand recently previewed its first-ever hub device: the ThinQ On. We don't know the specifics about the gadget at this moment, with the company keeping ...

Use the signals you already have.

Google Home makes it easy to link your smart devices and control them from a single app. Whether that's checking your smart security camera, monitoring your lights with set schedules, or adjusting ...

One small purchase added multiple devices to my smart home setup.

Smart home hubs were once at the forefront of connected home technology, but nowadays, they're not really that necessary in ...

I’ve never been big on New Year’s resolutions, which always struck this cynic as a perfect example of setting oneself up to fail. But I’ve got a resolution for 2026, one on which I’ve already made ...

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 ...