Smart home

A critical part of your research is reading a toy’s privacy policies before you turn it on or set it up. (More on this in the next section.)Look Out for These Words in the Fine PrintCurrent …

The global shipments of smart homedevices, which include smart speakers, lights and other IoT-enabled products, are forecast to decline in the financial year 2022 ending on March 31, a new…

Despite wide availability and vast improvements in speech recognition, most folks rarely use voice assistants. And when we do talk to Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri, it’s often just to ask…

Apple’s gonna do what Apple’s gonna do—unless government regulations compel it to change.A string of recent European Union regulations have forced Apple to loosen control over its tightly…

Heating your home can be expensive. With gas prices soaring, systems like Tado’s Smart Thermostat V3+, which offer finer control and insight into your heating, look increasingly attractive.…

The Nest Wifi Pro is the latest mesh router from Google. In line with the company’s penchant for simplicity, this mesh system is a breeze to set up and easy to manage. But the “Pro” moniker…

I’ll admit it: I have residual trepidation from the last time I reviewed a Shark smart vacuum. The company’s other home appliances may be reasonable dupes for pricier options, but when I…

The EufyCam 3 is by far the most accomplished camera system from Eufy yet, with a combination of features that will catapult it to the top of many wish lists. Anker’s smart home security…

Nearly everyone has a flashlight in their pocket these days in the form of a smartphone, but it’s not a very good one. Sure, it does the trick for walking home in the dark or pinpointing the…

How was it that I, a professional gardener, couldn’t keep her houseplants alive? There, in the mirror’s reflection, my peace lily sagged, my begonia browned, my African violets pouted while…