Privacy is a great bonus but it's not the only one.

The convenience of cloud-based smart gadgets ain't worth all the extra problems ...

For folks new to smart gadgets at home, deciding on the one to get can be quite tricky. However, users can narrow their search by deciding what they want from these gadgets. Do they want a smart ...

Smart homes were once the stuff of futurism, but they're here and they're surprisingly affordable and easy to implement thanks to sensors like these.

Ikea's Varmblixt lamp showed up at CES 2026 with new smart features. Now that I've tried it, I'm not letting it go.

Amazon and Google think artificially intelligent assistants will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

Smart plugs can't help with hardwired ceiling fans, but a small add-on can. It gives you app and voice controls without ...

IKEA started out as a mail-order business in 1943 out of a small rural town in Sweden. Today, it's the world's largest home-furnishing retailer that sells everything from furniture you have to put ...

I love sunshine. In any season, I rejoice the moment it rises, and living in the Northeast, I look forward to the warmth and promise of spring and summer every year. What I don’t enjoy is being hot, ...

Apple has considered building its own line of smart home accessories, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple could manufacture smart home cameras and other devices that would connect to its HomeKit ...

On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, our guest host Jacob Zuppke joins to discuss integrating pet products into the smart home, as well as more of this week's news.

Rather than being a plug-and-play solution for manufacturers — make a Matter device, and it will just work with any platform ...