I have always perceived setting up a smart home as a means of convenience, with some luxury added. At least, that’s what I thought a decade ago when I set out to automate my smart home. Today, a wide ...

Homey’s new Matter Bridge app pulls Zigbee, Z Wave, 433 MHz, and IR devices into Apple Home, letting HomeKit control older ...

A full smart home setup is one of those things you don’t realise you’re missing until you actually have it. Getting there can be a bit of a process, especially if you’re juggling gadgets from multiple ...

Sanuj is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables. He started his tech journey with a Lumia smartphone, diving into Windows Phone. Later, he switched to ...

Matter 1.4.1 implements a handful of new features to ease new-device setup. Multi-device QR code setup will let you add a whole box of smart home devices while only scanning a single QR code. NFC ...

Recently, when I started renovating my home, I knew it was the perfect time to rebuild my smart home from scratch. I’ve been on the smart home bandwagon for years, but cobbling together IoT products ...

The latest Matter update is here, but instead of shiny new device types, version 1.4.1 is all about behind-the-scenes improvements for you to get your smart home devices up and running with less ...

Until recently, my smart home setup was in chaos. After years of testing, buying, and upgrading to the latest smart home gadgets in an attempt to make my life easier, it became a bloated mess that was ...

Enabling multi-factor authentication also protects your password, because if someone were to steal it, they'd still need the second layer of approval from you to access your account. Many brands of ...

Airtime fairness is only one of the things that makes Wi-Fi unsuitable once you've got more smart devices connected to it.

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