Even after my tests were done, I decided to upgrade certain smart home devices to full-time help. Here's what won out.

All SONOFF WiFi and Zigbee home automation devices can now work with the Matter protocol. This can be done in two ways: ...

The Lego Smart Brick won our Best in Show award at CES 2026, and it was no wonder after watching Lego designer Maarten Simons ...

Google Home has added new starters, conditions, and actions that let your automations respond to real activity like media ...

Devices equipped with Emerson's SmartVoice don't require Wi-Fi or a hub; instead, they utilize on-device voice control.

Google has been constantly working on improving the Google Home experience, pushing out major updates to the app every couple ...

A smart home isn’t about stuffing your house with gadgets you have to babysit or juggling app after app just to turn off a ...

Qualcomm’s latest entrant to its Snapdragon X Series, the Snapdragon X2 Plus, has been unveiled at CES 2026. It features the ...

Linux and open source aren't making headlines at CES 2026, but they're working behind the scenes in embedded, automotive, and ...

arduino-app-cli is a command line tool running on the Arduino UNO Q boards, that manages and runs Arduino Apps (both Linux and microcontroller parts), provides a HTTP daemon mode to expose RestFul ...

Abstract: The concept of Smart Trolley improves the shopping experience by automating various processes by using RFID or Radio Frequency Identification technology. It comprises RFID tags for the items ...

Abstract: This paper presents a Smart Trolley with an Automatic Billing System using RFID technology to enhance the retail shopping experience. The focus is on automating the checkout process, ...