A handful of small, affordable devices now let homeowners add smartphone and voice controls to many existing ceiling fans, skipping the cost and hassle of a full fixture replacement. These retrofit ...

My bedroom ceiling fan has been the stubborn holdout in an otherwise connected home. The Harbor Breeze fixture works fine — quiet motor, moves plenty of air, and it looks decent enough — but ...

Ceiling fans seem to be an oft-misunderstood or overlooked household appliance. As such, they seem to have missed a lot of the IoT wave. Sure, you can get smart controllers for them to plug into your ...

A ceiling fan might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to the smart home, but there are perks to an automated fan. Adding voice controls, schedules and even IFTTT recipes to a ceiling ...

Because no one wants the hassle of standing up and reaching for a chain every time they want to adjust the fan or light. Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham ...

The most convenient control option is a ceiling fan with a remote, and if you want to be able to change the direction of your blades from bed, fixed setting remotes work without coming in contact face ...

I’ve long considered Lutron Caseta the most elegant and user-friendly HomeKit lighting solution. Lutron makes the wall switch smart and works with standard dimmable bulbs; other solutions put the ...

Nothing’s worse when you just got yourself comfy in bed and then all of a sudden, you get hot and need to turn the fan on. Now, if you have a ceiling fan with a remote, this is no sweat (literally), ...

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