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 ...

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 ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

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This security system is entry-level in every sense of the word, and it’s only appropriate to serve the most basic of security needs. I suppose if I was looking for a no-frills, absolutely basic ...

As a smart home user, you've probably heard multiple mentions of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter from different companies, and seen all three names printed on boxes for smart home devices or in their ...

You spend hours following guides to set up Home Assistant, ESPHome, and other integrations. Then come the pairing steps for several Bluetooth and Matter devices ...

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Weird doesn't mean bad. Here are some of our favorite strange new smart home appliances you can buy right now. Alan Bradley CNET Contributor Alan Bradley is an experienced commerce, tech and culture ...