by dbadmin | Feb 12, 2023 | Features, Smart Home
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Jetsons had the right idea with a sweet mix of gee-whizz gadgetry and intelligent home automations that just worked. However, real life doesn’t quite work like that. As someone who has sunk years of my life into the smart...
by dbadmin | Feb 4, 2023 | Features, Smart Home
As convenient as a smart home can be, it takes some work to set one up. To the surprise of some, a smart home also requires maintenance to keep it running smoothly — especially if you want to stay on the cutting edge like us tech journalists. It’s really worth doing...
by dbadmin | Jan 24, 2023 | Features, Reviews, Roborock, robot vacuum, Smart Home
Roborock revealed a minor surprise at CES 2023 in the form of the Dyad Pro, a smart vacuum that isn’t a true robot like its new S8 line. Instead of piloting itself, you control it like a conventional stand-up unit — the difference being that it can switch between...
by dbadmin | Jan 23, 2023 | Features, Reviews, Smart Home
I have had an on-and-off allergic cough since May 2019. You can’t imagine how “fun” it has been to navigate two years of a deadly epidemic where coughing is the most notable outward symptom all while getting violent coughing fits every hour or so in public. Recently,...
by dbadmin | Jan 22, 2023 | Features, Smart Home
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority In the summer of 2022, I moved across the United States from Connecticut to California. I landed in a small, two-bedroom rental house. The house itself was built by the owner as a pandemic-era project. Since it is brand new...
by dbadmin | Jan 21, 2023 | Features, Smart Home
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The last 18 months were very eventful in the El Khoury casa. Not only did I change jobs — hi there, Android Authority readers! — but I also moved from Lebanon to France. That meant leaving my own lofty apartment near Beirut...
