A smart home isn’t about stuffing your house with gadgets you have to babysit or juggling app after app just to turn off a light. At its best, a smart home is one integrated system where lighting, ...

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

LA Times Studios may earn commission from purchases made through our links. Luxury, once a synonym for extravagance, is being quietly rewritten. In today’s most coveted homes, the magic is in what you ...

A digital key standard from the folks that brought you Matter, Aliro introduces a universal system for smart locks.

The global EV-charging-station market rocketed to $39.7 billion in 2024 and is compounding at 24.4% a year—a growth that echoes the early smartphone era. Yet 80% of charging happens not at public ...

Smart home hubs were once at the forefront of connected home technology, but nowadays, they're not really that necessary in ...

Hamlin has been in the tech field for over seven years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf, XDA, OSXDaily, Beebom, MashTips, and more. Although he prefers iOS to Android, he still uses a ...

If you've never heard of geofencing, now's the perfect time to start using these time-saving, location-based features. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived ...