All you need to get started with making your home a smart home is to add a few devices that work with your smartphone, tablet and Wi-Fi connection.

Amazon's Echo Dot is recommended as the best smart home hub for most people in our buying guide. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Matter, acts as an eero extender, has motion and temperature sensors, ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been putting power into the hands of DIY maestros for years. These projects improve comfort and convenience of your home.

Does that mean an AI video doorbell can hold a conversation for you? We're certainly headed that way in the near future, although for now they most offer pre-created messages when someone rings the ...

How can you make your smart home the smartest it can be? Check out our Readers' Choice results for platforms, lights, power plugs, and thermostats. I've been writing about technology since 1992. My ...

Combined, these features add up to notable savings. Google Nest's research, for instance, showed that users of the Nest ...

The global EV-charging-station market rocketed to $39.7 billion in 2024 and is compounding at 24.4% a year—a growth that echoes the early smartphone era. Yet 80% of charging happens not at public ...

Google knows its smart home ecosystem has been a mess, but it thinks Gemini for Google Home will help win back your trust.

Case in point, the coverage I see in the wake of recent Amazon and Google smart home announcements. And this silliness will ...