If you're spending more time fixing your smart home than using it, it could be time to stop relying on the cloud. Here's how.

I quickly grew tired of having countless smart home subscriptions to create the ultimate tech-laden household. And it's not just the usual suspects, like an alarm system, network switches, or some ...

IKEA has officially announced its range of Matter-compatible smart home products. The Swedish furniture store is releasing 21 ...

Xiaomi has launched a 7-billion-parameter version of its open-source voice model, MiDashengLM, which incorporates Alibaba's open-source Qwen 2.5 series. This model focuses on in-car systems and smart ...

The free and open-source smart home platform Home Assistant got another vote of confidence today, with the IoT manufacturer Xthings announcing that its Ultraloq U-Bolt series of Z-Wave smart deadbolts ...

SONOFF iHost is a standalone smart home hub featuring a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC storage, and built-in Zigbee, Matter-ready Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, microphone, and speaker ...

After supporting Matter in beta since 2023, the open-source smart home platform is now officially certified as a Matter Controller. This won’t make a jot of difference for users, says founder Paulus ...

Reolink has become the first security camera manufacturer to obtain Works With Home Assistant certification for its Wi-Fi home security cameras. This means Reolink’s cameras—not including its 4G ...

VeriSilicon (688521.SH) recently announced the joint launch of the Coral NPU IP with Google, targeting always-on, ultra-low-energy edge Large Language Model (LLM) applications. The IP is based on ...

The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...