We’ve set out to find the best Apple HomeKit thermostat available today, and these are our results. There are quite a few great Smart Thermostats on the market currently, but many of them don’t integrate with HomeKit unfortunately. Apple HomeKit is a pretty powerful smart home platform but hasn’t exactly been Apple’s main focus. Apple…
Is Apple HomeKit compatible with Nest? Can I use my iOS device to control my Nest smart thermostat? What about my other nest devices? These are all good questions, so we’re going to cover all that and everything in between. Does Apple HomeKit work with Nest smart devices? If the question is whether Nest smart…
We aspire to be the top smart home blog online, but we certainly can’t cover everything. There are some great resources out there that you guys should be aware of if you’re into smart home automation. Smart home and home automation have been the major buzzwords in recent years, and suddenly everybody is seemingly talking…
So, you have Alexa all set up but you need to change some settings. So, how do you change them and which ones should you change? Fortunately, Alexa settings are pretty well laid out and straight forward. We’re going to walk you through and and then we’ll look at some of the more obvious changes…
Using Alexa On Windows 10 has become much more useful since Amazon’s hands-free update. Now, your PC is fully integrated into your smart home. Windows users are at least somewhat familiar with Cortana, Microsoft’s built-in voice assistant, but it’s kind of obsolete when up against Amazon’s Alexa. Most PC users seldom take advantage of its…
We’re setting up smart lights in our living rooms, smart locks on the doors, and the Echo Show is giving us recipes in the kitchen, so why wouldn’t we have an Alexa-enabled baby monitor? There are a lot of novelty items when it comes to smart home products, but smart video baby monitors have become…
Smart TVs have evolved in much the same way as smartphones. We use to have flip-phones that didn’t really do much by today’s standards. You could call and text, but that was about it. Just as nearly all phones produced now are smartphones, most TV’s manufactured today are smart TVs. What kind of TV do…
In order to clearly answer the question of whether you can use Google Home without WiFi or Internet, we need to make sure that a couple of basics are clearly outlined first. You should understand the difference between Google Assistant and Google Home and know that we won’t be using “WiFi” and “Internet” as synonymous…
Having Google Home connected to your TV is going to come in handy at some point I assure you. Whether you’re too lazy to walk over from across the room to grab the remote, you’re showing off for your friends or the remote is buried in the couch, there will come a time. You actually…
A penny saved is a penny earned” as the saying goes. Most people aren’t tricking their home out with smart lights in an effort to save money, but nobody wants to throw money away. There’s also the environmental factor to consider. If you’re like me you’ve probably wondered, “do smart lights use electricity when turned…
Getting started in smart home technology is easier and more affordable than ever. An Echo Dot with built-in Alexa and your first smart device can be well under a hundred bucks. Lighting with Alexa light control is where most people start. So, how can you control your lighting with Alexa? In the most basic sense:…
So, you have a remote for your TV, a remote for your Fire Stick, a remote for your cable box, and a remote for your DVD player. Maybe you’ve been able to get your cable remote to work your TV and possibly your DVD player, which saves a lot of hassle, but it certainly won’t…
