A recent update for the self-hosted Home Assistant swaps out the older, clunkier Overview dashboard with a gorgeous new ...

Building a smart home begins with selecting the right ecosystem, and two prominent contenders in this space are Home Assistant and Homey Pro. Both platforms offer distinct features, advantages, and ...

Run IKEA Matter devices without Dirigera, using a Matter controller and a Thread border router, and get local control with ...

Home Assistant is the best unified platfom for your smart devices.

In case you missed it, we polled our readers on the smart home tech they use and love. The results are in, and your favorite smart home brands have been revealed. As part of that survey, we also asked ...

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following ...

Owners of IKEA's new smart home products report that the devices are failing to connect to their smart home networks.

The brand-new Home Assistant Yellow box had been collecting dust in my “gadgets to install” cardboard box for four months, with me randomly sighing and proclaiming to my husband, “We should set up ...

You can't look up smart home features without running into voice assistant compatibility -- will this product work with Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Home/Gemini, or the dozens of third-party voice ...