by dbadmin | Mar 10, 2024 | Guides, Smart Home
Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Talk about building a smart home online and I can almost guarantee that someone will call you lazy for not wanting to get off the couch and manually flip a light switch. But what most don’t realize is that home automation...
by dbadmin | Mar 2, 2024 | Features, Google Pixel Tablet, Matter, Smart Home
At MWC, TP-Link showed me its new Matter-compatible smart home hub, the Tapo H500 Smart HomeBase. And there’s just something about it that reminded me of the Google Pixel Tablet — specifically its charging dock. Just look at it. In a general way, the Tapo H500 serves...
by dbadmin | Feb 23, 2024 | Amazon, Amazon Echo, News, Smart Home
The Amazon Echo Hub is an Alexa-equipped smart home hub with an 8-inch display. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Sidewalk, Thread, and Matter, so practically all your smart home devices will be compatible. You can buy the Echo Hub in the US for $179.99. Amazon...
by dbadmin | Feb 19, 2024 | News, security camera, Smart Home
Credit: Wyze Wyze accidentally let up to 13,000 users briefly see into the homes of other customers. The breach is far greater than what was initially reported. The company claims that “a third-party caching client library” is at fault. Last year, Wyze got in some hot...
by dbadmin | Feb 13, 2024 | Features, Google, Google Nest, Opinions, Smart Home
Opinion post byC. Scott Brown In 2010, a pair of former Apple engineers started Nest Labs. The company’s debut product, the Nest Learning Thermostat, was an instant hit. Just under four years after its founding, in January 2014, Google swooped in and bought Nest Labs...
by dbadmin | Feb 10, 2024 | Reviews, Smart Home
I first saw Homey Pro at CES 2023. I was blown away by what it offered — a smart home hub that can control everything you own — but a little skeptical of how it would perform in real life. This didn’t stop us from giving it a Best of CES 2023 award, but I was excited...
