Unless you’ve got the money, time and patience to start rebuilding your house from virtually the ground up, turning it into the smart home that has been dreamed about for years is not easy. Yes, there ...

I had the opportunity last year to look at littleBits' Smart Home Kit, a collection of small electronic modules that can snap together and be used to automate otherwise ordinary appliances and gadgets ...

The SwitchBot Bot is a decidedly simple—and not very attractive—way to press rocker switches and a few other types of buttons. Not everyone wants to expose themselves to high-voltage wiring just so ...

Connected smart devices are mushrooming in numbers, and despite this, most of us still have old electric appliances that we use on a day-to-day basis. For instance, take the Coffee machine. Wouldn’t ...

The handy gadget can add hands-free controls to garage door openers, laundry machines, and other electronics. The handy gadget can add hands-free controls to garage door openers, laundry machines, and ...

The SwitchBot Bot makes it easy to automate all kinds of stuff, from garage door openers to laundry machines. The SwitchBot Bot makes it easy to automate all kinds of stuff, from garage door openers ...

In the summer of 2022, I moved across the United States from Connecticut to California. I landed in a small, two-bedroom rental house. The house itself was built by the owner as a pandemic-era project ...

And don’t worry – installing a smart light switch doesn’t necessarily require a phone call to your electrician. In our opinion, you can do it yourself if you ...

When I press the “on” button on the light switch for the chandelier over my kitchen island, it turns on in an instant. When I ask Alexa to turn it off, the light turns off. When I tap the light in the ...

Smart light switches and plug adapters are the building blocks of the connected home. But it can be tough to tell the difference between various devices. That's where we come in. Not only have we used ...

As part of their quest to make their homes more intelligent, many people install smart switches. With a smart switch, you can use a smartphone app or voice assistant to control your lighting remotely, ...

Aqara’s smart light switch looks good, works well, and is compatible with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Home, but you’ll need to go all-in on Aqara’s ecosystem—which doesn’t include a smart ...