Smart home ecosystems such as Alexa and Apple Home are great for simple smart home control and basic smart home automations. But if you want more powerful control and the ability to integrate with ...

Home Assistant is a free and open-source smart home ecosystem with near-limitless potential. Unlike proprietary systems from Apple, Google, and Amazon, Home Assistant lets you build more complex ...

Have you ever felt like your smart home setup is more chaotic than convenient? With countless devices, apps, and cloud services vying for your attention, managing it all can feel overwhelming. Enter ...

Have you ever found yourself wishing for a more compact, efficient way to organize your home lab or tech setup? Maybe you’re working with limited space in a small apartment, or you need something ...

UStec has released their take on a Mac mini-based home media server solution by offering their proprietary ethernet and wiring system with a custom, mini-friendly holster. The UStec systems ...

Unlike Amazon Alexa and Google Home, you won’t find many Apple HomeKit hubs. In fact, you’re largely left deciding between HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K — both of which work incredibly well as HomeKit ...

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In the past week, I have sent an iMessage to one friend from a command-line Python app and to another from a Pixel 3 Android phone. Sending an iMessage without an Apple device isn't entirely new, but ...

Amazon recently introduced the Echo Pop — a diminutive smart speaker with an equally small price tag. However, the Nest Mini, offered by Google, boasts many of the same features. Both are designed to ...