Creating an alarm on your smart speaker is common, whether you set it to wake you up in the morning or keep you on task during the day. For some, a standard alarm going off isn’t enough to get them ...

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All you need to get started with making your home a smart home is to add a few devices that work with your smartphone, tablet and Wi-Fi connection.

Finally, there’s the swanky Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus, a 6.9-inch touchscreen smart home hub designed to take on the likes of the Amazon Echo Hub, or higher-end control panels from the likes of Control4 ...

You might not ever become a homeowner, but that doesn't mean you can't make your not-a-house as smart as possible. reading time 9 minutes Ah, yes, the American dream. A house with a white picket fence ...

Recently, when I started renovating my home, I knew it was the perfect time to rebuild my smart home from scratch. I’ve been on the smart home bandwagon for years, but cobbling together IoT products ...

The very first time I turned off my bedroom lights from under the covers, I was sold on smart home tech. There's just one problem: This trick relies on putting a device that's always listening for an ...

Say goodbye to (some) smart home woes. New user-facing features are coming to Matter that will make it easier than ever to set up your smart home and circumvent some of the more finicky, frustrating ...

Google’s products and services have been flooded with AI features over the past couple of years, but smart home has been ...

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LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Luxury, once a synonym for extravagance, is being quietly rewritten. In today’s most coveted homes, the magic is in what you ...