A Raspberry Pi is a powerful yet affordable device that can handily serve as the brain for your smart home. With the right hardware, software, and setup, the Pi can control lights, security cameras, ...

Alexa is a cost-effective option that's compatible with most smart products. Devices like the Echo Dot offer an affordable starting point. Alexa features a library of over 130,000 ...

Whether you want to add a smart display to your existing setup or are just starting your smart home and find the touchscreen appealing, here are the best models available. We'll update this list ...

The Nest Hub is central to Google's Smart Home system and can not only tell you the weather forecast, stream YouTube and help ...

setting up a smart home hub and connecting it to at least some of your phones, screens, and speakers forms the backbone of any smart home set up. After all, the hub is the brain and the control ...

I think that Amazon's Alexa is the best smart home hub for most people; it works with a huge number of devices, it's easy to set up, and you can create more automations between your devices than ...

Smart home vendor Aqara has introduced its first outdoor surveillance camera that also works as a smart home hub and on-device artificial intelligence (AI). Called the Camera Hub G5 Pro, the camera ...

Apple is working on a new Home ... smart home management, and it's going to launch in 2025. The Apple TV and the HomePod are already home hubs and almost all Apple devices can control a HomeKit ...

We put the Amazon Echo (4th Gen) at the top of our list for its simple Amazon Alexa setup capability, seamless smart-home compatibility and solid value as a smart home hub. At just $99 ...

SmartThings is Samsung’s official TV remote control application. The convenient app transforms your iOS or Android phone into ...

Expertise Smart home devices, outdoors gadgets, smartphones, wearables, kid's tech, and some dabbling in 3D printing Credentials Covered the mobile and smart home tech space for the past five ...