Best Prime Day Smart Home Deals

For smarter water with a Prime Day Deal, the Rachio Smart Hose Timer. Image: Digitized House Media.

Amazon Prime Day 2023 has arrived for July 11-12, 2023, and here we've captured some of the best deals out ...

Best Cyber Monday Smart Home Buys

by Tom Kolnowski

28 November 2022

So Black Friday has come and gone, but 2022 holiday deals live on for Cyber Monday and Cyber Week. Shop ...

Apple Watch 6 Blood Oxygen sensor is on back crystal. Image: Apple.

Everything Apple Announced in September

by Tom Kolnowski

19 September 2020

Apple's usual September product announcement was anything but, particularly when it comes to the iPhone. Beyond the dearth of the ...

Pani Smart Water Monitor Review

by Tom Kolnowski

11 November 2019

How much water did your household consume today? Yesterday? This week? This month? You probably don’t know. Moreover, if you ...

Ring Stick Up Cam Battery, with the mount configured for sitting on a shelf. Image: Digitized House.

Ring Stick Up Cam Battery Review

by Tom Kolnowski

20 August 2019

With the Ring Stick Up Cam Battery, the company that launched the smart doorbell phenomenon has just redefined the bounding ...

The Rachio 3 Smart Irrigation Controller has been upgraded to support Apple HomeKit. Image: Rachio.

Rachio Brings Apple HomeKit and Siri to Irrigation Control

by Tom Kolnowski

28 September 2018

Filling a gap in the Apple HomeKit home automation ecosystem, Rachio has added HomeKit compatibility to their latest smart irrigation ...

Kids are immersed in smart tech, and its up to parents to help them safely navigate through it. Image: Patricia Prudente on Unsplash.

9 Parenting Tips to Help Kids Use Smart Tech Safely

by Elaine Thompson

1 September 2018

Today’s children have the luxury of technology at their fingertips. In an instant, they can download a favorite song or ...

Featuring integration with Apple iOS as well as watchOS, the Philips Hue app for Apple Watch enables Hue lighting control via widgets. Image: Digitized House Media.

5 Apple Watch Apps for Smart Home Mastery

by Kayla Matthews

28 August 2018

There are a variety of watchOS apps that enable you to control your smart home accessories from Apple Watch. Variances ...

With the Fall 2018 release of macOS Mojave, the Apple Home app comes to the Mac desktop for the first time. Image: Apple.

Apple Home App Coming to macOS with Mojave Upgrade

by Tom Kolnowski

5 June 2018

It has been a long time in coming. The Apple Home app—the Cupertino company's elegant interface to Apple HomeKit smart ...

Apple AirPods Wireless Earbuds

by Tom Kolnowski

23 December 2017

It has been a year since Apple began shipping their AirPods—the Cupertino company’s first wireless earbuds—yet the product is still ...

Product Brief: iDevices Dimmer Switch, Smart Home Switch Hitter

by Tom Kolnowski

19 August 2017

Designed to appeal to do-it-yourself homeowners as well as professional integrators and builders, smart-home device manufacturer iDevices has released the ...

Nest Cam IQ Raises Ante on Home Interior Security

by Tom Kolnowski

26 June 2017

Aiming to raise the ante on security technology inside the connected home, Nest Labs has announced Nest Cam IQ, a ...

Nest Cam Outdoor: Home Security Time Machine

by Tom Kolnowski

27 November 2016

Apple macOS aficionados have long enjoyed seamless data backup and recovery, thanks to the built-in Time Machine software. And when ...

4. Apple iOS 10 elevates HomeKit via Home app and hubs

Apple iOS 10 Elevates HomeKit via Home App and Home Hubs

by Tom Kolnowski

21 September 2016

In a concerted effort to elevate the profile of Apple HomeKit—the Cupertino company’s foundational infrastructure for smart-home technology accessory integration—Apple ...