Are you looking for a way to secure your smart home against potential bad actors or intruders? A VLAN is the perfect tool for the job. Here’s how I have my VLAN set up, and how I plan to use it to ...

A 2026 guide to setting up Alexa as your smart home hub: unboxing your Echo, adding devices, organizing Rooms, using Matter, ...

Control lights, locks, cameras, and more from one central smart home device.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We've gone from big workstations being converted into protable laptops, and then into smartphones that we carry around in our pockets. We find ...

Fix Roku Smart Home integration issues with Alexa and Google Assistant: device not found, voice commands failing, or video previews that won't load.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Smart device technology has grown enormously in recent years, and there's always something new to make life easier. It's even possible to ...

Radiant speakers are especially useful near home desks and offices.

Imagine turning your old, “dumb” appliances into intelligent, Wi-Fi-enabled devices that respond to your voice, phone, or automation rules. Sounds futuristic, right? With the ESP8266 microcontroller, ...

The smart home interoperability standard looks to streamline how you add smart devices to your home. The smart home interoperability standard looks to streamline how you add smart devices to your home ...

I bought one smart bulb and wired it to my own AI. No hub, no dongle, no Gemini, no subscription, just a local AI and a bulb ...