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Thermostats
Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and...
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
Home Security
Swann Outdoor Security Camera review: a straightforward way to monitor the...
So you’ve experimented with an indoor security camera and want to extend surveillance to the outside of your home. The Swann Outdoor Security Camera...
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Keep the conversation going with your Assistant on Smart Displays
From controlling all your devices from a single dashboard to helping you prepare a new recipe for dinner, there are a lot of ways...
How to Change the Color of Lights in the Home App for iPhone and...
You can do all kinds of great things to make your home look, sound, and feel just how you like with the Home app....
Best smart bulbs for your connected home
Smart light bulbs—LED-based bulbs that can be controlled by a hub or smartphone app—are no longer a new idea. What is new is how...
What Is Zigbee?
We recently looked at the differences between Z-Wave and Zigbee, and which communication protocol makes the best choice for your smart home.
This enabled us...
Voice Assistants
Use Alexa to Update Your Home’s Intercom System
Do you have an intercom system in your home that was installed when the house was built? You know, the ones with a Master...
Apple Acquires Weather App Dark Sky
Apple has acquired weather app Dark Sky, Dark Sky's developers announced today. Dark Sky is one of the most popular weather apps on the...
Download: Try Microsoft’s New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Today
Microsoft announced last December it would move the Edge over to the Chromium rendering engine. Leaked builds hit the web a few weeks ago,...
How to Use Your Google Home Hub as a Digital Photo Frame
Josh Hendrickson
The Google Home Hub is exceptional for controlling smarthomes, checking weather and news, and setting alarms or timers. But, if you don’t have...
How to Debug Errors for Custom Alexa Skills
While building an Alexa skill, you may run into issues when Alexa says, “There was a problem with the requested skill’s response” (for the...
Smart Devices
Why Bluetooth 5.1 Will Make it Easier to Find Your Missing...
Developers can now start playing with the next iteration of Bluetooth—that convenient little technology that lets you stream music to nearby devices or go...