Tech-savvy users of Google’s Home or Nest smart home ecosystems can now take complete control over those from their wrists. That’s based on the recently reported announcement of the Home Assistant app ...

However, Home Assistant is an outlier. While there are other applications designed to help you manage your smart home devices ...

While apps like Navidrome or Lyrion Music Server can certainly help make sense of your music library, they don't quite ...

Any aspiring smart home junkie eventually hits what I call the Smart Wall. You’ll ask yourself a question like “How do I set my Nest thermostat to have a two-degree temperature window?” You do a ...

I've been buying and tinkering with smart home devices for years. As a result, my home network resembles a kind of Model UN of devices, bridges, protocols, assistants, and apps. I try to broker ...

For those who are new to Smart IR, it’s a device that acts as an infrared (IR) control hub. The idea is to let you control ...

If your home apps are multiplying, I suggest converting to Matter devices, adopting a password manager, and using other hacks to cut down on juggling all those apps. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home ...