In this video, I explore my quest for the perfect smart home platform, focusing on the Hubitat hub that effectively replaces ...

OliverIQ, a Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) platform, is launching its new universal smart home hub, designed to streamline the adoption of smart home technology through its AI-powered assistant, ...

Homey’s pint-sized smart home hub is now available. Announced at CES, the $199 Homey Pro Mini can connect to Zigbee, Matter, and Thread devices, along with those from brands like Ikea, Sonos, Lutron, ...

OliverIQ, the Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) platform designed to bring smart home solutions to the broad market, today announced the availability of the OliverIQ Hub with built-in customer support ...

Sometimes the simplest way to understand the cause-and-effect nature of automation is to start with the effect. Scenes are ...

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 ...

The Matter standard was created by the Connectivity Standards Alliance as a way of ensuring that any smart home device will work in any ecosystem. It’s supported by Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung, ...

IKEA's 21 new smart IoT devices support Matter, HomeKit, Google, and Alexa, so you can build a low-cost setup with quick pairing and simple controls.

Turning your home into a smart home is easier than ever. Today’s gadgets can do everything from warming the house before you wake up to locking the door behind you at night. You can ask a voice ...

For selection and affordability, Ikea will be hard to beat for Matter-compatible smart home sensors and lighting in 2026.

Modern smart devices, like the Google Home Hub, offer a wide range of helpful features, but it's worth knowing whether these ...