Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

Google's Nest Hub, formally known as the Home Hub, is one of the many smart hub devices you can use to control the various accessories in your home. Powered by Google Assistant, the Nest Hub can turn ...

Amazon Fire tablets aren’t your typical Android devices. Aside from focusing on media consumption over games and productivity, they turn to Amazon services first and foremost. You’re meant to quickly ...

A smart lock is more than just a convenient way to start stringing together a smart home. It's another method for managing your household even when you can't be there. The smart lock lets you know who ...

There are tons of smart LED light bulbs to choose from nowadays -- and they come in an array styles and specs to suit any smart home. Most of them connect over a local Wi-Fi network, your phone's ...

The 2nd-gen Google Nest Hub is a smart display with a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel touchscreen display, a built-in speaker, and a lightweight operating system designed to put Google Assistant front and ...