Smart home tech can get confusing. If you have ever set up smart lights or a voice assistant, you may have run into problems getting everything to work together. Matter is a new standard that is ...

From its inception, Matter promised to take the disparate walled gardens of smart home technology and unite them under a single protocol. Its purpose was to allow different ecosystems to interact with ...

What are the key considerations in evaluating smart home technology for a vacation home? Smart home products are everywhere. And one place smart home products should definitely be? In your second home ...

Scopophobia is a fear of security cameras — the concern that behind their small, beady lenses, someone is watching you. If that concerns you, you aren’t alone; according to surveys, as many as one in ...

Every year, smart home pros gather at CEDIA to see what’s next in connected living. This year’s show in Denver had a lot on display that shows how technology is moving beyond inside walls. “We’ve just ...

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After years of research, learning, and development, Ikea says it’s ready to release a line of products it hopes will change the smart home game. “Our goal is to make the smart home easy to use, easy ...

I've been a smart home tech reporter for a decade, and there is AI-powered machinery throughout my 1,100-square-foot cottage in New York's Hudson Valley. While my home doesn't look or feel ...

Not another damn light bulb. That’s what you might be thinking if you’ve been following smart-home tech for the past decade or, indeed, building out your own fortress of missed connections. The first ...