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Google TV now includes a brand-new home panel that lets users control their smart home devices, like lights, thermostats, and security cameras, directly from their TV. This panel is easily accessible ...

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Recycling is fine, but when you can put an unused device back into service, that’s even better. Maybe you’re treating someone, or yourself, to a new iPad this season. If so, here’s a smart way to ...

The Voice Mate H1 is triggered by being picked up and lets you command it with natural language. The company is also launching its first outdoor camera, with support for HomeKit Secure Video. The ...

Last year, Google started pushing the ability for select users to control smart home devices via the Gemini app on Android. This is now officially leaving Public Preview and rolling out to all ...

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 ...

An old smartphone can do far more than sit forgotten in a drawer. With the right apps and a stable Wi-Fi connection, it can ...

OASIS has unveiled the OASIS 1 smart ring, featuring a built-in microphone and miniature trackpad that lets users whisper ...

Many of the apps and devices we use every day contain privacy terms most people never read. Yet those clauses often allow extensive data harvesting, behavioral tracking and long-term storage of ...