Apple is gearing up for a new investment in the smart home that’s coming soon, and according to changes in the latest tvOS 26 beta, it seems part of that may be the replacing of the HomeKit brand with ...

Ikea will introduce more than 20 new smart home products in January 2026, all built to work with the Matter the universal smart home standard. Matter is designed to enable devices from different ...

Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung. These smart home brands get most of the attention, but there's another one out there making cool stuff that, at least here in the US, is easy to overlook. Aqara has ...

With a range of sensors, speakers and lighting available at seriously budget-friendly prices, Ikea is hoping to establish itself as the best affordable smart home brand. Here's why it just might ...

I’m a smart home nerd. That’s a given after running a smart home-focused website for nearly a decade and testing pretty much every platform, system and setup available. As such, people often ask me ...