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Amazon Echo Show (1st gen) review
The Amazon Echo Show is a smart assistant with a screen, so you can both see and hear what Alexa’s talking about. Right now, features like being able to see your timer or camera feed are helpful, but not world-changing. Here's what happened when we took the device for a spin.
Amazon Echo Dot (3rd gen) review
Amazon’s third-generation Echo Dot puts on some weight and comes dressed in a warmer, more welcoming design. The result is a better-looking Alexa device with good enough sound quality to deserve being called a speaker. In our Amazon Echo Dot review, we dig into what’s new and discuss whether this speaker deserves a home within your home. Turns out, the answer is probably yes.
Wink Hub 2 review
The Wink Hub 2 is a smart-home hub that connects to lots of devices, supports tons of protocols, and offers easy setup.
Singlecue Gen 2 gesture control review
In our Singlecue Gen 2 review, we try to use gestures to control our smart home and TV.
Sengled Pulse Link Starter Kit review
The Sengled Pulse is an LED bulb with a built-in speaker, which can give your home theater a more immersive feeling for only a couple hundred bucks.
Schlage Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt Review
The Schlage Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt combines 95 years of lock making experience with Z-Wave connectivity. Look forward to never having to fumble for your keys again.
Schlage Camelot Electronic Door Lever review
The $199 Schlage Camelot Residential Electronic Door Lever looks like an ordinary programmable keypad lock but has a neat twist: Using an Android or iOS app, you can see the status of the door and lock or unlock it remotely.
Roost Smart Smoke Alarm Review
The Roost RSA-400 is a smart smoke alarm that uses a Wi-Fi-enabled battery to send alerts to your smartphone when it detects smoke, fire, carbon monoxide, or natural gas.
Robomow RS622 review
If the Jetsons had a lawn to mow, you can bet they would have mowed it with something like a Robomow robotic lawnmower. Much like a robotic vacuum, Robomow’s products promise to take on a time-sucking, mundane chore so you don’t have to anymore. These things are straight out of the future, so it’s OK […]
Revolv Smart Home Hub review
With a whopping seven different radios packed beneath its hood, Revolv can communicate with just about any smart home device you can throw at it, and seeks to provide a simple control dashboard for every connected gizmo in your house.
Philips Hue tap review
Don’t like controlling your lights with an app? Philips’ Hue Tap is the first physical switch to control its growing line of network-connected LED lighting products, and amazingly, it does it without batteries
Philips Hue BR30 review
We put Philips' new BR30 Hue smart lights to the test against its original A-series bulbs to see how they differ in terms of brightness and functionality. Hit the jump to see what we found
Petzi Treat Cam review
The Petzi Treat Cam lets you check up on your pet and deliver treats. It’s a nice way to connect with your cat when you’re away from home -- but yes, your cat will always love a piece of plastic as much as he loves you.
Nucleus Anywhere Intercom with Amazon Alexa review
In our Nucleus Anywhere Intercom review, we test the “Skype in a box” videoconferencing appliance and digital assistant that preceded Amazon’s upcoming Echo Show.
Nightingale Sleep System Review
With two separate devices that plug into your outlets, the Nightingale immerses you in white noise or sounds like falling rain. It has some smart features, but its $299 price tag is a wake-up call.
Netatmo Welcome review
We use faces to recognize people in our lives, so it makes sense that security devices do the same. The Netatmo Welcome is a smart security camera with unique face recognition tech, so it knows who is at the door.
Netatmo Presence review
At $299, Netatmo Presence is more expensive than most Wi-Fi cameras, but its smart alerts, integrated flood light, and bold design add unexpected value.
Netatmo Healthy Home Coach climate monitor review
Is your home air quality up to snuff? We review the Netatmo Healthy Home Coach, an air quality monitor that helps you keep an eye on your indoor climate.
Nest Protect review
Functional and far smarter than your old smoke detector, the Nest Protect is back -- minus the gesture recognition. But more work is still need to make the smart home truly brilliant.
Nanoleaf Aurora Smarter Kit review
The Nanoleaf Aurora is a pack of flat panels that light up your wall. You can arrange them in unique shapes and customize the colors. They’re fun, fairly functional, and will get your guests talking.
Myfox Smart Home Security System review
Myfox wants its security camera to make you feel safe but also secure in your privacy, thanks to its privacy shutter. The feature is genius, but it comes at a premium price.
Lowe’s Iris Smart Home Service review
These may not be sexy gadgets, but Lowe’s Iris system might be the smartest path to a smart home.
LifeSmart Smart-Home Kits review
When it comes to smart-home devices, there may be lots of things you want — and lots you don’t. LifeSmart’s kits let you choose what’s important to you, though it may not be the right choice if you want to add on later.
Kwikset Kevo review
Despite the fact that its best features are currently unavailable to Android users, Kevo's easy setup, thoughtful design, and convenient operation make it hard not to love.
iSmartAlarm review
The iSmartAlarm is a solid bet for the DIY-ers amongst you, and it will only improve as the company continues to roll out new features.
Honeywell Lyric review
Honeywell’s Lyric mimics the Nest with smart thermostat features like automatically turning off the heat when you’re away and showing the weather forecast, but can it outdo the original?
Google Home review
Now that it's been out almost a year, we updated our Google Home review to reflect the smart speaker's new features like calling.
Google Home Mini review: Smart home, smart price
The Google Home Mini is an AI assistant that’s far more capable than its small size would suggest. With Voice Match capabilities and smarter than the Echo Dot, you'll like this impressive little speaker. Here are some other things we like about the device, and a few things we don't like.
Google Home Max review
The Google Home Max with Google Assistant is a massive speaker with a massive price tag. But it also boasts great sound quality.
Garmin Index Scale review
Garmin streamlines weight management with a connected scale that monitors body metrics then automatically uploads them to Garmin Connect.
Flir FX review
The Flir FX is the company’s first home-security camera, which doubles as an action cam and condenses hours of footage into digestible chunks with FBI-derived technology.
Emerson Sensi Thermostat review
Emerson joins the growing ranks of Nest competitors with the Sensi, a no-nonsense remote-controlled thermostat that offers basic functionality and remote control at a very attractive price.
D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD review
Building a HomeKit-only smart camera is a brave choice, but as with everything Apple’s smart home platform offers, the device's features are limited.
August Smart Lock review
The August Smart Lock easily installs over your existing deadbolt, so you can make any door “smart” and unlockable with only your smartphone.
Airthings Corentium Home radon detector review
Invisible and odorless, radon is a silent killer. The Corentium Home radon detector can tell you instantly if you’re being poisoned.
Savant Pro Remote X2 review: Easy to use and pleasing to the eye
Savant has the best-looking smart home remote control on the market right now.
Eufy RoboVac G30 Hybrid review: This robot vacuum won’t break the bank
The Eufy RoboVac G30 is a nice little robot vacuum that costs less and works well. It's a 2-in-1, which means it can mop too.
Lenovo Smart Clock hands-on review
Move over Amazon Echo Spot: Lenovo’s Smart Clock With Google Assistant is coming for you. At just $79, the Smart Clock turns off the camera and turns up the cuteness factor for an enhanced alarm clock experience. We got a chance to test out the device at CES 2019 and came away impressed.