A proper smart home needs a smart home hub – don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. When you’re blending smart home devices from a bunch of different manufacturers, you need a home automation hub to get ...

I've been covering technology for five decades and even I can't handle smart home setups – and that's a big problem.

The Google Home Public Preview Program is now rolling out support for the Nest Cam IQ Indoor and Outdoor (2017), as well as the Nest Hub Max (2019).

That's a nice inclusion that'll let you connect Zigbee lights, locks, sensors, and other devices to your setup without the need for a separate hub ... as Alexa, making the $50 Google Nest Mini ...

Google Home, Google's smart home platform, is relatively static at the moment. While millions of people use it, and there are ...

Amazon has also been rolling out Alexa-powered smart speakers which compete with Google's for a space in your home. To keep up, Google has now rebranded the Home lineup under its Nest subsidiary. The ...

Samsung and LG smart monitors use the same OSes as their respective smart TVs. LG and Samsung TVs are better at keeping ads ...

As Apple’s anticipated home “command center” comes into focus, some of its purported features have a familiar ring.

The Google Nest Hub. Here are a few other things we liked ... Cons Only integrates with Alexa, Google and Apple Watch, while other providers have more extensive smart home integration.

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Some advanced features, like close-up tracking, are not yet available in the Google Home app. Nest Hub Max cannot switch back to the Nest app after the migration. Google began migrating Nest ...