Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

Google's Nest Hub, formally known as the Home Hub, is one of the many smart hub devices you can use to control the various accessories in your home. Powered by Google Assistant, the Nest Hub can turn ...

If you’re planning a truly smart home, then you’re going to need a smart hub. Here’s what you need to know. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics ...

The Aqara Hub E1 has the power to integrate a house full of smart devices, but it lacks compatibility with generic Zigbee devices and operates only on the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band. Looking as if it were a ...

Trading all of your home tech and appliances in for smart home gear is supposed to make your life easier, automating tasks and making it possible for you to control everything with your phone. But ...

Apple HomeKit is a smart home automation platform that launched in 2014 for iPhone and iPad, then later expanded to other Apple devices. But there’s every chance you’ve never used the platform, or the ...