We've spotted a redesign coming for the Google Home app, introducing Gemini for Home and a new UI for better smart home ...

Out of all the apps and services that I self-host, none comes close to the utility of Home Assistant. It's not just that it ...

Tech-savvy users of Google’s Home or Nest smart home ecosystems can now take complete control over those from their wrists. That’s based on the recently reported announcement of the Home Assistant app ...

While apps like Navidrome or Lyrion Music Server can certainly help make sense of your music library, they don't quite ...

Any aspiring smart home junkie eventually hits what I call the Smart Wall. You’ll ask yourself a question like “How do I set my Nest thermostat to have a two-degree temperature window?” You do a ...

I've been buying and tinkering with smart home devices for years. As a result, my home network resembles a kind of Model UN of devices, bridges, protocols, assistants, and apps. I try to broker ...

That bar at the top is presumably for “Ask Home,” which sounds like a conversational chatbot for controlling your smart home. This harkens back to how an earlier version of the Google Home app had an ...

If your home apps are multiplying, I suggest converting to Matter devices, adopting a password manager, and using other hacks to cut down on juggling all those apps. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home ...