Not all home apps are equal. Your app experience can make or break the smart home devices you choose, such as security cameras or smart bulbs. The worst apps have confusing menus, lack settings and ...

What felt like convenience to get on board, that app-first approach, is what derailed my smart home plans. The appeal of ...

Your 2026 smart home will work best if your devices can all talk to each other without having to jump through hoops. Home ...

Dealing with battery runtime in smart-home sensors. Developing high-efficiency power supplies with a boost converter and a buck-boost converter. An example of a nanopowered smoke detector system.

Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+ has improved smart home controls and conversation abilities, but the Alexa app is still buggy.

Smart homes offer functionality for homeowners to monitor and control a wide range of useful applications while improving energy efficiency and security. Qorvo enables faster communications, increased ...

Google is announcing the launch of Home APIs, giving developers access to more than 600 million devices with Matter or Works with Google support. This enables developers -- whether they're smart home ...

Powered by a two-way system with a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.8-inch tweeter, this smart speaker is claimed to offer three times ...

Pet hair, dander and lingering odors have quietly become a design brief for the smart-home industry, not just a housekeeping ...

Some of us love smart homes. Some of us hate them. But almost no one values AI in smart home appliances despite the massive hype. Why?

From overheating smart beds and privacy snafus to generative AI foul-ups and bricked smart thermostats, we had a bumper crop ...