The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...

Google has added a new screensaver called Home Controls to Android 15. Home Controls lets you quickly access your smart home controls as a screensaver. The feature is rolling out to Pixel Tablet, but ...

Amazon's Echo Show 5 is an affordable smart display, but the lock-in with Amazon's own ecosystem makes it far less useful as a smart home device than it could be. Some very clever people have figured ...

Every once in a while, some piece of smart home tech launches that's genuinely different to those that came before it, and one that I came across at this year's Maker Faire in Shenzhen is the Astrion ...

The brand-new Home Assistant Yellow box had been collecting dust in my “gadgets to install” cardboard box for four months, with me randomly sighing and proclaiming to my husband, “We should set up ...

Hagop is passionate about smart home products, especially when it comes to making life easier. He's always eager to try out new technologies to make life easier, in terms of cleaning, automation, and ...

Your Android-powered smartphone is more than an everyday tech device: it's a digital portal into all things you. That's everything from apps and calendars to smart home controls, a suite of features ...