Eve Systems, which for years was a HomeKit-only affair, has announced that the Eve Energy smart plug now supports Matter’s new energy reporting features. What’s more, the German brand is updating its ...

Samsung just rolled out a beefy SmartThings update, and while there are plenty of quality-of-life improvements, the big news is full support for Matter 1.4 and the device types that it introduced.

Chinese smart home specialist Aqara, despite building its early success on Zigbee, has been one of the biggest advocates of the Matter standard in the past couple of years. And it has further ramped ...

Back in February, after months of speculation, Amazon finally took the covers off of the next-gen Alexa. Dubbed Alexa+, the new version of Amazon’s digital assistant was revealed during a big launch ...

The Homey Energy Dongle, which was announced at the end of last year alongside a new suite of software features, is now shipping. Priced at €39, the Energy Dongle can provide European Homey users with ...

Segway has announced a new series of robot lawn mowers to add to its already extensive portfolio. The X3 Series joins the H Series that launched in 2022 and the I Series that launched in 2024 with a ...

It was waaaay back in October 2023 that the CSA added robot vacuum cleaners to the mix with the launch of Matter 1.2, and well over a year ago since Roborock announced its first Matter-compatible ...

We may live in the age of Alexa, but barking the same wake word and hearing the same voice answer our requests can get tiresome. If you want to say something different than Alexa to command your Echo ...

Resideo has officially announced the new First Alert Smart Smoke & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm, which works within the Google Home app and is compatible with Nest Protect devices. And that’s good news ...

Google’s smart home strategy has, for a long time now, felt a bit half-arsed; like a side project someone in Mountain View had reminders set to check in on every few months or so. While Amazon has ...

Alexa Routines give you seamless, single command controls for your smart home… in other words the kind of features you actually want from your smart home. Rather than simply turning on and off devices ...

Amazon has finally done it. After years of whispers and rumors, the tech giant has unveiled Alexa+, the next-gen voice assistant that has basically had a generative AI brain transplant. Amazon’s Alexa ...