Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

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 ...

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You can connect almost every gadget to your Echo Dot as long as it has smart connectivity and is compatible with Alexa. Aside from the devices mentioned above, you can also connect video doorbells, ...

IKEA continues its foray into smart home devices with the launch of a Google Matter-ready hub called DIRIGERA and a new IKEA Home smart app. With the new device and app, the Swedish company is ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The smart home has an interface problem, and six undergrads from Duke think they’ve solved it with a Raspberry Pi ...