Category: Smart Home

Aeotec announced a brand-new SmartThings-compatible hub at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin that’s sure to disappoint smart home enthusiasts with lots of Z-Wave devices. The Smart Home Hub 2 supports Matter and…

Smart appliances are great since you can control them from your phone, but a lot of them are just too expensive. If you aren’t ready to replace your “dumb” appliances with smart…

Robotic pool cleaners have revolutionized pool care, eliminating the back-breaking routine of manual vacuuming, scrubbing, and brushing. Today’s models don’t just clean — they maintain a consistently pristine pool with minimal human…

This summer, as you finally start taking advantage of your pool again, it’s high time to get someone else to clean it for you by getting a robot pool cleaner. There are…

Having a smart home doesn’t necessarily mean you need to spend tons of money on dozens of smart devices. A few smart plugs can change things up quite a bit, allowing you…

If you’re going to spend a lot of time in your backyard, your balcony, or your patio this summer, then you might want to upgrade the space a bit—with something like these…

OK, won’t lie. I first became aware of so-called “electric scissors” when I saw an influencer hawking them on the TikTok Shop. The basic promise is that you can break down cardboard…

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Over the long term, it’s probably the least expensive smart pool monitoring option around Subscription includes hardware component replacements as needed No plug-in Wi-Fi bridge needed…

Dutch smart home hub manufacturer Athom has added new energy-monitoring capabilities to the app for its Homey series of smart home hubs and Homey cloud services. The company also announced the new…

It’s been more than two years since Apple pulled the switch on an all-new architecture for its smart home app, but there are still plenty of users who are hanging onto the…