Here are my favorite home apps to make smart home management fast and fun, without the clutter or annoying navigation. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security ...

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. John Carlsen has more than ...

While a smart home should be intuitive and just work for everyone, there's a good chance your own smart home setup is specific to you so adjustments are necessary when you have guests. Setting up a ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

After announcing it last month, Google has been rolling out its smart home panel feature widely to TVs from TCL and Hisense, as well as other devices that run the software, according to 9to5Google.

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Michael Bizzaco has been writing about and working with consumer tech for well over a decade. With a background in home theater sales, installation and repair, Michael's hands-on reviews, how-to ...

Picture this: You're controlling your thermostat from a beach somewhere, turning on lights with your voice, and unlocking your front door from miles away. Sounds like living in the future, right? Yet ...

The Raspberry Pi might sound like dessert, but it's actually a credit card–sized computer changing the world of DIY tech. First launched in 2012 by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, it was designed to make ...

The new Home Panel gives me access to my lights, cameras, and thermostat, all from within Google TV Streamer. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends In late September, Google announced a new feature for ...

Mui’s long-gestating calm-tech board finally ships — and it’s a thoughtful, if very expensive, alternative to screens. One of the fun parts of being a tech journalist for over a decade is that ...