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Black Friday deal: Amazon Smart Thermostat for 30% off
One of our favorite budget thermostats is an even better bargain with this $18 Black Friday discount.
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Black Friday deal on the Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Cam
Get smart lighting and smart security anywhere around your home for $90 off during Black Friday.
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Black Friday deal: Grab the second-gen Apple TV 4K for just $80
One of our favorite streaming video players, the Apple TV 4K, just got a massive Black Friday discount.
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Amazon shut down Alexa.com. What does that mean for Alexa?
The shuttering of Alexa.com earlier this year has nothing to do with Alexa’s current tribulations.
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Black Friday deals on Nest smart thermostats
Nest singlehandedly reinvented the thermostat market, and you don’t need to wait for Black Friday to score a big discount on one.
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Black Friday deals on the Nest Audio smart speaker
Google’s engineers showed off their audio prowess with the Nest Audio smart speaker, and you can buy one now for half off. You'll save even more if you buy two.
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Black Friday deal: Get two Blink Mini security cams for $29.99
Keeping an eye on your home has never been cheaper thanks to this steep Black Friday discount from Amazon’s Blink brand.
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Black Friday deal: Amazon Echo Show 8 with Alexa Together
Find out how to score an Echo Show 8 with a 6-month free trial of Alexa Together.
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Black Friday deals on Ecobee smart thermostats, cameras
Ecobee makes some of our favorite smart home products and the whole line is now on sale.
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Walmart-exclusive Roku Premiere lets you stream 4K for $19
On sale only while supplies last, Walmart's Roku Premiere is the best 4K streaming bargain we’ve seen in the run-up to Black Friday.
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Wyze debuts a $12, 950-lumen BR30 color LED smart bulb
The budget smart home vendor continues its expansion into the smart lighting segment with color smart bulbs for recessed lighting installations.
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Black Friday: Echo Dot with Clock plus two Hue bulbs for 56% off
Expand your smart home with a pair of dimmable white Philips Hue bulb and Amazon's latest clock-enabled Echo Dot.
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Where SmartThings fits into the new Matter smart home standard
We interviewed Head of Samsung SmartThings, Mark Benson, to learn how Samsung’s successful smart home platform will adapt to the newly ratified standard.
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Wyze unleashes a pair of mesh Wi-Fi routers
The Wyze Mesh Router and Wyze Mesh Router Pro are the first Wi-Fi routers from the budget smart home manufacturer.
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Govee’s new air quality monitor is even cheaper than Amazon’s
The Govee Smart Air Monitor includes a display, supports Alexa, and can connect to the company’s line of smart appliances—and it costs $10 less than Amazon’s screenless budget offering.
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Presenting our Cord Cutter Awards
The best streaming services and devices for cord cutting in 2022
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Philips Hue gets festive with smart holiday string lights
With the Philips Hue Festivia string lights, you can add your holiday tree to the Hue ecosystem.
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Matter's launch is just the first step towards the smart home dream
CSA's open source smart home protocol Matter launched in Amsterdam on Thursday but the challenges ahead are as great as those already overcome.
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The Philips Hue Bridge is now officially Matter-certified
Following a software update slated for early next year, almost all of your Philips Hue gear will work with the new Matter smart home standard.
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Nanoleaf preps Matter-ready bulbs for 'early' 2023
A quartet of upcoming Nanoleaf Essentials lights will support the new Matter standard, but there's still no word on a Matter update for the company's existing products.
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What to look for when you’re buying a smart scale
Going on a health kick? A smart scale is an essential tool in your fitness journey. Here's all the information you need to choose the right one.
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The Fire TV interface is broken. Here's how Amazon should fix it
Amazon's Fire TV interface is a confusing, chaotic, ad-ridden, self-promotional mess.
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The all-new Level Lock+ supports Apple Home Keys
Although it's an Apple Store exclusive for now, the new high-end smart lock is also compatible with Android and Amazon Alexa, though not Google Assistant.
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GE Lighting’s new gradient light strips can sync with your music
The indoor and outdoor color light strips boast gradient effects and on-device music syncing, along with Alexa and Google Home.
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Apple reveals cheaper Apple TV 4Ks, but only one has Thread
Both models are much less expensive and feature stronger CPUs and more memory, but the $129 model is Wi-Fi only and doesn’t support Thread.
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Samsung and Google partner on Matter smart home effort
The SmartThings app will soon know — on Android devices, at least — which Matter-compliant devices are connected to Google Home, and vice versa.
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Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus gets a 30% Prime Day discount
Amazon just sliced $60 off the price of the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus, but the savings won't last for much longer.
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Roku jumps into smart home market with Walmart, Wyze
The media-streaming pioneer is putting its brand on lighting, security cameras, video doorbells, and other smart home devices manufactured by Wyze Labs.
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October Prime Day Nest deals: Thermostats, cameras, more
Get ready for some great Google Nest deals during the Amazon Prime Early Access Sale, from thermostats and security cams to smart speakers and displays.
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Best TV deals for October Prime Day
If you missed one of the great deals on smart TVs during Prime Day, Amazon is giving you a second chance. And you can score these deals on LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and other top brands right now.
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Best October Prime Day robot vacuum deals
Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale—aka October Prime Day—is a great time for tech deals, including robot vacuums across all price tiers and categories.
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Amazon's smart thermostat is 30% off for October Prime Day
Score a great deal on Amazon's own smart thermostat during the Prime Early Access Sale.
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Echo Show 15 gets biggest-ever price cut for Prime Day
Unveiled only a year ago, the wall-mountable Echo Show 15 is $80 off during October Prime Day, marking its all-time low price.
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October Prime Day deal on Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium
This top-shelf smart thermostat rarely goes on sale; this Amazon Prime Early Access deal saves you $18.
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Today's best Prime Day streaming deal: Fire TV Cube for 50% off
Let Alexa take control of your TV components with the Fire TV Cube, which is half-off for October Prime Day.
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Roku-branded smart home products spotted in the wild
An eagle-eyed shopper found Roku-branded light strips, smart bulbs, and security cams at Walmart, and they all appear to be "white-labeled" Wyze devices.
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Google preps Matter update for Nest speakers and displays
Most of your Nest speakers and displays will soon support Matter, the upcoming standard that aims to make smart home devices play nice with each other.
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Google refreshes wired Nest Doorbell, revamps Home app
The long-awaited successor to the Nest Hello boasts on-device person detection, while the Google Home app gets an all-new look.
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Google's hardware event 2022: What's coming from Nest?
Besides new Pixel devices, Google is expected to unveil at least a couple of Nest products, including a wired doorbell. Could any surprises be in store?
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Anker debuts new smart home and entertainment devices
The consumer-electronics manufacturer showed off a new laser projector, home security system, and more at a New York City press event.
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The Eufy Edge Security System has solar-powered 4K cameras
Anker's home security bundle also includes the HomeBase 3 for local storage and video processing, meaning there are no subscription fees.
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Amazon’s new Fire TV devices steal the best ideas from everyone else
From the new Fire TV Cube's 4K upscaling to the Alexa Voice Remote Pro's backlit buttons, Amazon's 2022 streaming devices take inspiration from others.
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Blink unveils Wired Floodlight Cam and a pan/tilt dock for the Mini
Blink showed off its first wired floodlight camera during Amazon's 2022 hardware event, along with a dock that turns the Blink Mini into a pan-and-tilt cam.
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Amazon's Fire TV Omni QLED 4K senses when you're nearby
Equipped with a battery of sensors, the 4K QLED Fire TV Omni can display artwork and Alexa-powered widgets whenever you enter the room.
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Amazon's refreshed Fire TV Cube boasts beefier processor, Wi-Fi 6E
The revamped Fire TV Cube is the first streaming video player to support the Wi-Fi 6E standard, Amazon says, while a new Alexa voice remote offers a remote-finding feature.
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Amazon takes another stab at integrating Alexa into older cars
The first-gen Echo Auto was met with a shrug, but Amazon has had great success with new-car integrations, including BMW.
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Alexa’s latest tricks include video stickies, remote switch support
Amazon has announced a grab bag of new Alexa features, including video sticky notes, the ability to trigger routines with remote switches, and more.
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Amazon’s Echo Show 15 will soon double as a Fire TV
A free update will let you summon the Fire TV interface from Echo Show 15 devices–with some limitations.
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Amazon unveils 5th-gen Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock
Amazon says the new Echo Dot will boast twice the bass of the previous version, while the Echo Dot with Clock is getting a "high-density" dot display.
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