Smart Speakers

If you’re just starting to entertain the idea of installing smart security devices in your home, remember that these devices can sometimes carry a hefty up-front cost. It’s helpful to...

As the temperatures creep up during the long days of summer, lawns grow thirsty. Even though you might have the best intentions to keep your lawn properly watered and looking...

As technology progresses, so does the trek toward artificial intelligence (AI). One of the world's most popular AI tools is Google Assistant, which is learning at a fast pace and...

As we wrote in Part 1 of this series, motorized shades and blinds are moving rapidly into the DIY connected home mainstream. You may no longer need to hire a...

Once a bastion of high-end home automation systems, motorized window shades are moving into the DIY connected home mainstream with product offerings from a number of major window covering manufacturers...

After creating buzz around the Apple HomePod speaker at their Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June of 2017, the Cupertino company has announced their first play in the voice-activated speaker...

Aiming to be more than a me-too response to the Amazon Echo and Google Home speakers, Apple has played its hand in the voice-activated speaker game in the form of...

Apple HomeKit accessories can often be islands of smart-home automation. That is largely due to the current HomeKit architecture on iOS, where accessory manufacturers develop standalone apps for pairing and controlling their...