Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek If you want to get a smart bulb, the Philips Hue lineup is among the best out there, and with good reason. Now, if you happen to own one of the company’s smart lightbulbs, you’ll ...

TP-Link Finding the right outdoor camera can be complicated, but luckily, there are plenty of good options out there. This camera by TP-Link’s sub-brand, Tapo, might just be the one you’ve been looking for. TP-Link has released the Tapo C325WB ...

Andrew Heinzman / How-To Geek People like to upgrade their gadgets regularly, but that doesn’t seem to include video doorbells. Once installed, they basically just do their thing. But does a Ring or Nest smart doorbell have a shelf life? ...

Amazon Amazon’s Echo lineup started with a single speaker, and has grown to include smart displays, earbuds, and a lot more speakers. Two Echo devices are now receiving a refresh, and there’s a completely new speaker. First, Amazon is introducing ...

Telly Free and ad-supported streaming services like Pluto TV and The Roku Channel have become more popular over the past few years, but what if the TV itself was free too? That’s what “Telly” is trying. Telly is a startup tech ...

Justin Duino / How-To Geek Matter was supposed to be transformative. I bought a house in early 2022 and decided to wait for Matter to launch and become widespread before I started investing in smart home gear. One year later, ...

Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek Google started rolling out support for Matter to its smart home devices last year, but Amazon wasn’t ready to flip the switch on its own hardware just yet. That’s now changing, as Matter support is ...

Josh Hendrickson / How-To Geek Hey Google voice commands let you do all kinds of things, like getting the current weather information to finding flights to a specific destination—all without touching your device. Here, we list some of the useful ...

Apple is paying more attention to its HomePod speakers these days, especially with the return of the full-size model. A new feature is rolling out to them that might help you know when emergencies happen: alarm detection. Apple’s smart speakers ...

Matter, despite its potential to perhaps standardize all smart home hardware regardless of its manufacturer or intended ecosystem, has struggled a bit. But it’s slowly but steadily catching steam. The Nest Thermostat is the latest, and perhaps one of the ...