Overview:  A smart home works best when built on a solid foundation of switches, sensors, and a central hub, not just smart ...

Smart home devices are only as useful as their ability to detect what's happening around them. I spent years just using voice ...

Q: I’ve been thinking about upgrading my house to a smart home. What smart features should I be looking for as I shop around? A: Smart homes are becoming more and more popular — and with good reason.

Using Home Assistant for smart home automation is for the brave. Want to make the IoT systems work with Home Assistant? You've got to put in some hours and embrace the learning curve. If you're game ...

Explore practical smart home automation ideas and non-gimmicky routines that simplify daily life, enhance comfort, and make every smart home truly useful and efficient.

It's not unusual to see fluctuation in the housing market, and home values are good indicators of the health of an economy. To help you understand what is going on and what we expect to happen in the ...

From flicking a light switch to opening your garage door with a remote control, our homes have been automated for decades. The concept goes as far back as the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago where the ...

[Photo: Courtesy Samantha Fisher] Imagine a house where your appliances run themselves, where lights adjust without you having to get up, and where your snail-mailbox would send you a message when you ...

Look up the definition of “hype” and you’ll find the phrase “home automation” listed as a usage example. So many manufacturers have made so many promises to create the ideal automated, or “connected,” ...

MyQ is a steaming pile of dog turd. They used to have google home integration and removed it about 2 years or so ago. You can still fake it with IFTT, but its clunky. Their app is covered with ads. I ...