H ome automation is fun, but writing individual automations can get tedious pretty quickly. If you've spent any amount of ...

Creating an alarm on your smart speaker is common, whether you set it to wake you up in the morning or keep you on task during the day. For some, a standard alarm going off isn’t enough to get them ...

With so many WiFi home automation devices on the market, you might want to take advantage of these low cost products without having to send your data to third-party servers. This can be accomplished ...

In our modern semi-dystopia, it seems like most companies add automation features to their products to lock them down and get ...

Home automation, mainly using Crestron, has been at the core of my audio-video system in my last three houses. While not the most fruitful of advertising category (when comparing to audiophile and ...

The Matter protocol involves creating a more streamlined communication pathway for smart home devices. Many major players in the smart home device space are on board with Matter. With an agreed-upon ...

Imagine walking into your home and having everything respond to your needs without lifting a finger. Lights adjust to the perfect brightness, blinds open or close to keep your home at the ideal ...

Apple Siri Shortcuts and iOS 12 introduced significant enhancements to Siri, expanding its capabilities and breaking ...

Google today released a new Android OS with some modest improvements, a smartwatch with an old-but-still-newer chip, and a Pixel 8 whose biggest new feature is seven years of updates. But buried ...

It was only a year ago in the pages of The NEWS that Butch Welsch, president, Welsch Heating and Cooling Co., St. Louis, said the evolution of home automation truly is just beginning in the HVAC ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. It looks like a telescoping grabber tool attached to a hat stand, but it could be the future of home robotics.

In earlier times, home automation and security were more about security sensors placed around the lawn, flashing lights automatically or directly placing an emergency call to 911 in case of a break-in ...