There are as many varieties of smart light switches (and dimmers) as there are light bulbs, and while the prospect of upgrading your old dumb switch might seem daunting, they’re usually pretty…
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These eye-popping smart lights boast built-in AI microphones
Smart lights that react to voice commands spoken to smart speakers are old hat, but a smart light with a built-in AI microphone? That’s a new twist. Showing off its wares at…
Philips Hue unleashes pricier Bridge Pro, bargain Essential lights
Philips Hue smart lights: pricey but worth it, right? That’s the line I usually spout when it comes to the Hue smart lighting brand, but with its latest wave of product announcements,…
GE Lighting’s Cync Smart Keypad Dimmer makes Lutron Caséta dimmers look tame
GE Lighting seems to be bucking a trend with its all-new GE Cync Keypad Dimmer Smart Switch. Most new-to-the-market smart lighting controls do their best to not look like smart lighting controls….
Forget smart light bulbs! These smart light switches are a measly $12
Smart lights are great, allowing you to control them remotely so you don’t have to get out of bed to shut off that living room lamp you forgot about. But smart bulbs…
Your Belkin Wemo smart home devices will die soon. Here are great alternatives
Apart from a handful of devices with Thread radios, most of Belkin’s Wemo smart home products will become obsolete on January 31, 2026. The fact that this handwriting has been on the…
Deako has a new smart light switch and a next-gen app
Deako takes a unique approach to smart lighting with its modular system, and now it’s offering a next-generation switch and app that promises to make installation and configuration even easier than before….
Shelly Z-Wave Long Range smart home products are available now
The Shelly Group is now shipping most of the Z-Wave Long Range-based smart home devices the company announced in December 2024. Nine new products are available, including relays for converting conventional switches…
Your Belkin Wemo smart home devices will die soon. Here are great alternatives
Apart from a handful of devices with Thread radios, most of Belkin’s Wemo smart home products will become obsolete on January 31, 2026. While the handwriting has been on the wall for…
This smart lighting brand is Matter agnostic, and that’s fine by me
Lutron, the smart lighting company that developed the world’s first dimmer switch, has a seat on the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s board of directors, but its products don’t support Matter, the smart home…
