You’d think pressing a button to kick off a smart routine would be a no-brainer, right? Alexa lets you do it, Apple’s HomeKit platform lets you do it. But Google Home? Nope—or at least, not until now.

Home automation is huge right now in consumer electronics, but despite the wide availability of products on the market, hackers and makers are still spinning up their own solutions. It could be ...

In its ongoing efforts to provide a seamless smart home experience, the Google Home app is introducing a "Script Editor" feature that supports advanced automation routines. The functionality is being ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Smart home automations have been touted as a way to save money. But exactly how does spending money on technology keep more dollars in your pocket? You're trying to cut costs, or are at least ...

If you would like to start your journey by setting up your own home automation system, Zigbee, offers a robust wireless protocol, and has been transforming the way we control and automate our homes.

SmartThings, one of the first and open smart home automation platforms, has come a long way since its early days. SmartThings, one of the first and open smart home automation platforms, has come a ...

John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech products, with a major focus on smart home security. He earned his BS in journalism from Utah Valley University. In ...

A smart home includes high-tech heating and lighting systems and appliances that can be controlled remotely with a phone or a computer. The term "smart home" only recently entered the lexicon of folks ...

With great power and all that.

Google today released a new Android OS with some modest improvements, a smartwatch with an old-but-still-newer chip, and a Pixel 8 whose biggest new feature is seven years of updates. But buried ...