Not all home apps are equal. Your app experience can make or break the smart home devices you choose, such as security cameras or smart bulbs. The worst apps have confusing menus, lack settings and ...

Event unveils additions: Apple's October 13 'Welcome Home' event will present significant smart home expansions to its ecosystem for select media. Unified homeOS control: The new homeOS platform will ...

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. But the killer feature is ...

If you're an Android user, you can ask Gemini to control smart lights, thermostats, and more via the Gemini app. Given up on trying to get Google Assistant to dim the lights or pull your drapes? If ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the personal technology landscape through features and opinion pieces. He writes for XDA-Developers, ...

Google has unveiled the Google Home Favorites widget for Android, which lets users control smart home electronic devices from their phone's home screen. The new Google Home Favorites widget lets you ...

For years, my smart home ran on Google Home. When I decided to switch, Apple's new smart hub was tempting, but Home Assistant ...

Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR, GuidingTech, The Inquisitr, TechInAsia, TechWiser, and ...

Apple's foray into smart home devices is expected in March 2025 with an AI-powered, wall-mounted tablet, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the situation. The iPad-like device, internally ...

Apple will reportedly call its upcoming smart home hub the HomeView. Powered by an A18 chip, the display will focus on Siri ...

I’m a smart home nerd. That’s a given after running a smart home-focused website for nearly a decade and testing pretty much every platform, system and setup available. As such, people often ask me ...

Apple HomeView combines a touchscreen, personalized Siri AI, video calls, and smart home controls in a dedicated display.