If you're running Home Assistant, there's a good chance that you've built a dashboard or considered one. I get it; dashboards ...

The Homey Self-Hosted Server has now arrived, which brings the Homey Pro's software to third-party hardware. Windows, ...

Any aspiring smart home junkie eventually hits what I call the Smart Wall. You’ll ask yourself a question like “How do I set my Nest thermostat to have a two-degree temperature window?” You do a ...

If managing a growing list of apps for your smart home feels overwhelming, try these top practices to keep everything organized and under control.

Home Assistant has launched the $49 Connect ZBT-2 USB adapter to unify Zigbee, Thread, and Matter devices without relying on separate apps or hubs. The adapter simplifies smart home setups by letting ...

The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...

Google appears to have nixed a feature that allowed users to “call home” to their Google smart speakers and displays from their smartphones.

Let's start with something simple. When you set up a device like the Nest Mini 2 or Nest Hub Max, it connects to all your Google-related apps through your Google Account. That means it's automatically ...

Google accelerates Gemini for Home rollout, bringing its smarter AI voice assistant to US users and third-party speakers with ...