CES 2025: Smart lighting brand Govee goes all-in with AI
Sure, Govee has some new smart lights to unveil at CES this year, but what this smart lighting manufacturer really wants to talk about is, of course, the buzzword of the show: AI. From its…
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Dockcase Smart Magsafe M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure review: Storage puck for the iPhone
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Expandable memory External power supply SSD health monitoring Robust housing Cons Relatively large enclosure You must provide your own 2230/2242 NVMe M.2 SSD module Our Verdict The Dockcase Smart…
Amazon’s newest Echo Show is 50% off and includes a smart bulb
How about kicking off the new year by smartening up your home a bit? Right now, you can grab an Amazon Echo Show 5 bundle for just $46.98, which amounts to the Echo Show 5…
Smart home at CES 2025: AI and Matter will take center stage
Barely more than a year ago, the idea of an AI-powered smart security camera that could describe what it was seeing truly blew our minds. Now, it’s becoming par for the home security course. Just…
Best smart home products of 2024
The pace of smart home innovation hasn’t slowed a whit in 2024, with new products such as the Amazon Echo Show 21 being unveiled just this week. The better news is that the smart home…
Philips 5000-series smart deadbolt review: To open, just scan the hand
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Palm vein scanner works incredibly well Robustly engineered and manufactured Comprehensive event logging Cons Interior clip design makes for difficult installation No means of backup power in…
Apple’s smart home push could include an Amazon Ring killer
After largely ignoring the smart home for years, Apple is poised to make a grand entrance in 2025. Rumors claim Apple is gearing up to launch a new iPad-like home controller in 2025 as well…
Apple might be working on a smart doorbell
There’s been a lot of reporting in recent months around Apple’s efforts to expand its footprint in customers’ homes with in-development products like a wall-mounted smart home hub. According to a new report in Bloomberg,…
Apple has big plans for the smart home in 2025
Apple has big plans for the smart home in 2025. Having long struggled with limited device support and complex standards, the company wants to move forward with simplified platforms, deeper device integration and improved software.…
Latest Shelly smart home devices use Z-Wave Long Range chips
Smart home devices compatible with the Matter standard have garnered most of our attention lately, but the compelling features in the latest generation of Z-Wave chips convinced the IoT developer Shelly Group to build no…