The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...

The Smart Home: It's a place that anticipates your needs and empowers you to fine-tune your environment. That's the pitch, at least. Putting it all together isn't a smooth ride, but the right setup ...

One of the great things about home automation is that it’s limitless. Whether you add more smart locks, toss some smart light bulbs into lamps, or add another smart thermostat to your home, it’s ...

PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vivint Smart Home, a leading smart home company in North America, today announced a collaboration with Google to make every new Vivint smart home voice-enabled using the ...

The ReSpeaker Lite ($32) is a ESP32-based audio kit with a 2-mic array from Seeed Studio that can transform your old speakers ...

Predicting Our Future is a podcast about the next revolutions in technology, as seen through the eyes of a serial entrepreneur. Below is an edited transcript excerpt from "Episode 13: Designing A ...

Xiaomi continues its innovative drive with a new smart home product. The product is simply named Xiaomi Smart Home Panel and it is presently available under crowdfunding for 299 yuan ($41). However, ...

Smart lights are a nice jumping off point for someone curious about smart-home tech. You can get started with just a few smart light bulbs, a smart light hub, and your phone. Being able to control ...