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Setting up and automating a smart home is easier than ever, as I found out when trying the Aqara ecosystem for the first time ...

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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 ...

When it comes to upgrading to a smart home, the choices can be overwhelming. Consider these tips to make the process ...

An update to the Matter standard will make it much easier to set up HomeKit-compatible smart home devices. In particular, it should make tap-to-pair a far more common feature, rather than something ...

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The smart home interoperability standard looks to streamline how you add smart devices to your home. The smart home interoperability standard looks to streamline how you add smart devices to your home ...

As well as smart lamps, IKEA is dipping its toes even further into the audio waters, unveiling its tiny but dead cheap ...

Your 2026 smart home will work best if your devices can all talk to each other without having to jump through hoops. Home ...

There is no product category that better embodies the XKCD take on standards than smart home. With an ocean of connectivity options and incompatible standards, taming this mess has been challenging, ...