At last week’s Connections Conference in San Francisco, all the biggest names in smart homes converged to discuss the biggest challenges — and opportunities — facing their industry. There were panels ...

Voice control looks to be the next big thing in the connected home -- here are the devices that want to make it a reality. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based ...

Sick of waiting for Amazon to release a new Alexa that’s “supercharged” by generative AI? If you’re willing to go the DIY way, you can start controlling your smart home devices with an LLM-powered ...

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 ...

A range of Arduino-based projects is enabling automation in document handling, 3D scanning, smart home monitoring, biometric security, and home system control. These solutions use open-source hardware ...

The Voice Mate H1 is triggered by being picked up and lets you command it with natural language. The company is also launching its first outdoor camera, with support for HomeKit Secure Video. The ...

The leaders of Home Assistant declared 2023 the “Year of the Voice.” The goal was to let users of the DIY home automation platform “control Home Assistant in their own language.” It was a bold shot to ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

As the years go on, homes continue to adopt the latest technology— from appliances to helpful electronic devices. The smart home automation market marries these two departments and delivers innovative ...

Home Assistant has introduced the ability to run fully local AI voice control using models like Llama 3 via Ollama, enabling offline command processing for smart homes. This approach keeps all voice ...