Nest is Google's line of smart home devices. In addition to the Nest Learning Thermostat that most people are familiar with, the lineup of smart home products now includes doorbells, locks, smoke & ...

Explore practical smart home automation ideas and non-gimmicky routines that simplify daily life, enhance comfort, and make every smart home truly useful and efficient.

Google is taking a big step toward making your smart home feel, well, smart, by baking in Gemini AI into the Home APIs that developers use to build their own apps and devices. Announced during Google ...

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As Google moves the last remaining Nest devices into the Home app, it’s also looking at ways to make this smart home hub easier to use. Naturally, Google is doing that by ramping up Gemini integration ...

After more than a decade of accumulating smart plugs, speakers and sensors, I realized parts of my setup were quietly ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few ...

If you’d love to automate your home but you’re unsure where to start, let us dispel some myths for you: Mind blown? Meet Shelly, a smart home automation and facility brand aimed at people exactly like ...

Android ships with a long list of Google apps, but a handful quietly deliver far more value than their icons suggest. I focus ...

The fewer entry points you leave open, the more secure your smart home will be. Here's how to accomplish that.

It's more than just a thermostat, and combined with the Google Home app, you can have a full smart home solution Nest is ...