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Five advanced Arduino smart home projects for people who have already built the beginner sensors and want gear that off-the-shelf brands don't sell...

Arduino and Raspberry Pi solve different problems in a smart home, and the boards work much better together than either alone. The Arduino is your ...

HACS has roughly 2000 community integrations. Maybe 30 of them are worth installing. The rest are hobby projects, abandoned forks, or niche edge ca...

Home Assistant ships almost-empty out of the box. The add-on store is where the real power lives, but most of the 200 listed packages are hobby pro...

Every Arduino and Raspberry Pi smart home build starts with the same shopping list. Buy these components in one order, store them in a parts box, a...

Smart lighting in 2026 looks like 2018 with better apps. By 2030 it looks fundamentally different -- bulbs that double as wireless data transmitter...

Most smart home audio setups are either a single voice speaker or an expensive surround system. The middle path -- soundbar plus surrounds plus mul...

Arduino sketches are a fine way to build smart sensors if you enjoy C++ and manual library management. ESPHome replaces all of that with 60 lines o...

Most Home Assistant automations break because the condition layer is wrong, not the trigger. Once you understand Jinja templates and the difference...

Home Assistant YAML automations get hard to read past 30 lines. Once conditions and templates start nesting three levels deep, the file becomes a w...

HACS opens Home Assistant to 2000-plus community integrations, custom Lovelace cards, themes, and Python scripts that the official add-on store nev...

Five Arduino smart home projects you can finish in a weekend without a soldering iron, written for people whose last electronics class was high sch...

Aeotec Cam 360 offers 360-degree panoramic surveillance with SmartThings, motion detection, two-way audio, and Matter support for smart security.

Aqara Camera G100 offers 2K resolution, AI person detection, 140-degree view, IP65 weatherproofing, color night vision, and Apple HomeKit support.

Upgrade your home security with the Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Camera, offering superior outdoor surveillance and smart detection features.

Arlo Pro 6 offers advanced home security with 4K video, AI motion detection, night vision, and direct integration with smart home systems.

Blink Mini delivers 1080p HD video, motion detection, two-way audio, and seamless Alexa integration in a compact indoor security camera.

The Blink Mini 2 is a compact, indoor security camera offering 1080p HD video, motion detection alerts, and two-way audio for convenient home monitoring.

Arlo Video Doorbell offers enhanced home security with wide viewing angle, motion detection, and easy-to-use app functionality.

The Kasa Smart Doorbell | KD110 provides sharp video, two-way audio, and motion detection to keep your home secure and connected.

Philips Hue Secure Wired Video Doorbell with 2K resolution, 180° view, color night vision, and Hue light integration with Matter support.

Ring Video Doorbell Wired delivers HD video, advanced motion detection, and two-way talk with reliable hardwired power for continuous home security.

4K video doorbell with 3D Motion Detection and Power over Ethernet. Night vision, package detection, and two-way talk. Easy PoE installation.

Experience smart home security with the Roku Wire-Free Video Doorbell & Chime. Easy setup, long battery life, and crystal-clear video.

Roborock S8 Pro Ultra pairs 6 000 Pa suction with a self-washing dock, delivering fully automated vacuuming and mopping for smart homes.

The Dreame X60 Ultra offers superior smart cleaning with vacuuming, mopping, and scheduling. Control it via the app or voice assistants.

Dyson 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum uses 360° vision, Hyperdymium motor suction, and smart mapping to deliver hands-free, edge-to-edge cleaning.

The Ecovacs Deebot N10 Plus offers powerful vacuuming and mopping with smart scheduling and hands-free cleaning for spotless floors.

The Ecovacs Deebot T20 Omni, a robot vacuum and mop with top features like voice control, automatic cleaning, and self-emptying.

Slim 2.85-in robot vac with 2000 Pa suction, 100-min battery and 55 dB hush for effortless multi-surface smart-home cleaning.

Cheap smart bulbs work fine until the cloud goes down or the app shoves a 20MB update mid-evening. The real choice isn't price. It's protocol, form...

An air purifier running 24/7 at full speed is wasteful and noisy. An air purifier sitting idle when the air is bad is useless. The smart middle pat...

Home education in 2026 is not just homeschoolers -- working parents juggling Zoom calls, kids on remote learning days, adult learners doing evening...

Short-term rental hosts in 2026 manage more properties remotely than ever before, and the gap between successful hosts and struggling ones often co...