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Smart homes promise comfort, speed, and control with a simple voice command or a tap on a phone. Lights turn on without ...

Consumer Reports' Guide to Smart Homes will help you understand how technology is creating "smarter" home devices—from door ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple’s rumored HomePad device for smart home control could be a big success — if it can actually control your ...

Smart display hubs do a little of everything from entertainment to home management. Here are CNET's current favorite models.

Researchers have developed IRIS, a smart ring that allows users to point and click to control smart devices. The prototype Bluetooth ring contains a small camera which sends an image of the selected ...

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Apple HomeKit is a smart home automation platform that launched in 2014 for iPhone and iPad, then later expanded to other Apple devices. But there’s every chance you’ve never used the platform, or the ...

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