Smart home devices, with all their quirks and capabilities, are only part of the equation. The other part is the app they use for settings, control and general account management. Usually located ...

In the new Home app, the options for customizing how your smart home devices, Rooms, and Favorites appear on the screen have vastly improved. You can rearrange your Home View to put your most-used ...

Google has started rolling out Android 15 to Pixel devices today, introducing several new features such as Private Space, partial screen sharing, app pairs, and a new screensaver called Home Controls.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a smart home reporter who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. It’s been 87 years ...

Smart homes are usually built around always-listening, always-watching devices, but you can get smart lights, cameras, and ...

The Home Assistant Wear OS app ports much of the smartphone app to your watch and uses home screen tiles (as many as seven) to speed access to key devices. Home Assistant supports Wear OS 2 and later.

Vizio’s new TV Home Screen provides easier navigation, enhanced features, and fixes a number of issues that plagued SmartCast. When Vizio first unveiled SmartCast in 2016, it was based on the ...

An updated Lock Screen interface in iOS 17 will turn the iPhone into a "smart-home display," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.When not in use and positioned in a horizontal orientation, the ...

Apps like Apple Home or Google Home allow you to unite a range of smart home devices under one roof -- which means it has to be a good roof. One of my favorites for sheer simplicity is the Apple ...

The Home app allows you to keep an organized and personalized smart home right from your iPhone, iPad, and/or Mac. The new Home app and its functions are available now in iOS 16. The updates will ...