The homes will get smarter this year as we witness the best smart home devices of CES 2026 revolutionize the technology for ...

As is demonstrated by its increasing integration into our daily lives, the smart home industry has grown steadily since its conception, a rate that is only expected to increase as some of the world’s ...

Kristen has worked as a freelance home, design and lifestyle writer since 2021. In that time she has contributed to a number of online media outlets including Apartment Therapy, Hunker, The Everygirl, ...

Building a local-first setup meant the control and automation logic living inside the home network. And even if the internet ...

Plenty of entrepreneurs talk about disrupting an industry. Jessica Banks, founder of RockPaperRobot, is going to disrupt your furniture. Don’t laugh. Banks, a polymath who double-majored in physics ...

A Nest Learning Thermostat was on the wall of my home a year after its debut. Not because it was cheaper than the competition (it cost $249), nor was it the only Wi-Fi-connected, app-enabled ...

Pet hair, dander and lingering odors have quietly become a design brief for the smart-home industry, not just a housekeeping ...

Many would say that audio technology advances in smart homes and automotive are the result of a culmination of diverse technologies and a growing demand based on the “wow” factor. That’s true, but one ...