Here are my favorite home apps to make smart home management fast and fun, without the clutter or annoying navigation.

Smart home devices, with all their quirks and capabilities, are only part of the equation. The other part is the app they use for settings, control and general account management. Usually located on a ...

While apps like Navidrome or Lyrion Music Server can certainly help make sense of your music library, they don't quite ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We've gone from big workstations being converted into protable laptops, and then into smartphones that we carry around in our pockets. We find ...

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 ...

Matter 1.4.1 implements a handful of new features to ease new-device setup. Multi-device QR code setup will let you add a whole box of smart home devices while only scanning a single QR code. NFC ...

Google Home is easily one of the best ways to manage your smart home devices, especially on Android. However, managing a smart home can quickly become overwhelming as you add more devices to your ...

Google will now back up Thread credentials stored on your Android phone or tablet. This will make it easier to add new Thread-enabled smart home devices to your Thread network at home. Your Thread ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Setting up smart home automations can feel overwhelming, and at times, downright ridiculous. You might wonder if you really need a machine ...

The future promised to us decades ago never really came to fruition. Flying cars and jetpacks aren't close to mainstream, and domestic staff robots are five or ten years away. However, we have met or ...

Plain-jane bulbs are so yesterday. Smart lights are in, not only because they're one of the easiest ways to enter the world of smart home tech, but also because they're one of the most affordable.

Ecobee this week announced that its Smart Security home monitoring system now works with Apple's Home app, across devices ...