Here's how I built a budget smart home setup using an IR blaster and Android phones. I also found a way to use Gemini totally ...

Nick is a Features author who's been writing for fellow tech geeks since 2011. While he's mostly focused on phones, he's also thrilled by cameras and audio gear of all shapes and sizes. On weekends, ...

We had some fine people pop round our home to provide the sales pitch for a professionally fitted home alarm system. This ...

If you’re looking to add a security system to your home, you essentially have two choices — a DIY system or a professionally installed system. While these two categories used to be radically different ...

Despite DIY smart home products often being seen as cutting into both the labor and product revenues of integrators, the pipeline from DIYer to prospective integration client seems to be widening if ...

Most off-the-shelf smart buttons use tiny surface-mounted tactile switches. They are hollow, plasticky, and lack the mechanical satisfaction of a real interaction that a switch typically provides you ...

Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

ADT's Premium self-startup package includes a smart home hub, Google Nest Hub (2nd gen), Google Nest doorbell, door/window sensors, motion sensors, the ADT + mobile app, and yard signs and window ...

My first beat when I joined Security Systems News in 2016 was covering the residential scene, which fortunately for me, was undergoing an incredible transformation driven mainly by the rise of the ...

As part of the ever-growing partnership between ADT and Google, ADT has today announced the availability of the company’s first ever, fully integrated smart home security system billed for DIY ...

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Interpret’s blog and is reprinted with permission. View the original article here. Home security has always been the primary driver for smart home ...