Using voice commands via the Amazon Echo's Alexa voice assistant or your smartphone to turn on your Philips smart light bulbs is convenient, but even better is just walking into a room and ta-daa!

Folks with outdoor Ring smart home devices will find the Ring Motion Sensor useful, but not essential. Ring says its outdoor motion sensor “lets you monitor for motion in areas where you don’t need a ...

Smart lights are a great way to enhance home security. Being able to flip on the lights remotely or automatically, you can give the impression that someone is home and expose potential intruders. It’s ...

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My progress toward a truly “smart” home has been painfully slow. I’m sick of unreliable voice commands, flaky smart switches, and poorly designed apps. Where’s the seamless experience that was ...

You can use mmWave sensors to monitor presence rather than simply detecting motion.

If you own Philips Hue smart bulbs, don’t think twice about adding Philips’ Hue motion sensor; it’s a nearly flawless upgrade to the Hue ecosystem. Motion-activated lighting isn’t a new idea. Whether ...

I love Aqara’s products, and if you love HomeKit, it’s a vendor you’ll want to follow. They make incredibly easy-to-use and reliable smart home products at prices that won’t empty your bank account.

Motion-triggered smart lighting is pretty magical. Figuring out how to set up little white motion sensors all over your house to make it work is not. With its new SpaceSense feature, Signify may have ...

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My smart home is going down the toilet.