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The new HomePod supports Matter, the standard that promises to get rid of walled gardens, but this smart speaker won’t let you entirely escape Apple’s.
Stoneside makes beautiful and luxurious motorized window shades, but its third-party smart technology is not quite as good as what its top competitor offers. The do-it-yourself approach to buying ...
The Xumo Stream Box combines streaming and cable into one interface, with mixed results.
TCL's 6-Series delivers mini-LED contrast and brightness and rich quantum dot color at a very affordable price.
Ambient Weather’s WS-5000 home weather station is a significant improvement over its earlier and excellent WS-2902. It’s worth the extra cash if you can afford it. We’ve observed a dramatic ...
Eye-catching, technically advanced, and loftily priced, the Bang & Olufsen Beosound Theatre may be the last soundbar you'll ever need.
The timing of the news may have been surprising, but the substance was less so. The bigger, pricey HomePod (which Apple promises to continue supporting) has been languishing in a familiar limbo ...
There's little to distinguish the Zoom from other cameras in Reolink's E1 line, but it's another solid offering from this manufacturer.
More and more burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to defeat smart home security systems. The threat is real, but there's no cause for panic if you understand all the implications.
Hunter Douglas’ PowerView product is our long-time favorite custom-installed smart window shade solution, and this third-generation product is its best ever. The biggest improvement comes in the ...
This mid-range turntable offers seamless integration into your Sonos setup for vinyl playback, but that convenience comes at a stiff price.
The second-generation Phyn Plus is incrementally better than the first, but it’s also more expensive. That said, there is no better way to protect your home from catastrophic water damage caused ...