This is huge news for Amazon’s digital assistant… Alexa now has a male voice option and also a new name: Ziggy. Starting with the new voice option and, while you’ve been able to change Alexa’s accent ...

Smart Life isn’t a range of specific products, but a shared control system for devices from multiple vendors. Admittedly, this makes finding compatible products a little harder, but it can be worth it ...

Aqara’s ever growing line-up of smart locks just got a little bigger with the official launch of the Aqara Smart Lock U200. Joining the ranks alongside the U100 that went on sale last year, and the ...

After making a name for itself budget-friendly streamers and amps, WiiM is has taken the covers off of a dedicated smart speaker. The new WiiM Sound is the company’s first all-in-one smart speaker, ...

Lutron has revealed its latest smart home controllers: the Alisse wall control range, which is a super stylish way to adjust your lights and control your connected blinds and shades. Part of the ...

Back in January at CES, the Thread Group announced that it was making some changes that should see our Matter smart homes singing and dancing more harmoniously in 2024. The good news is that the ...

Shelly, a favorite among smart home enthusiasts, is making strides toward mainstream adoption with the announcement of nine new devices from its Z-Wave lineup gaining SmartThings certification. The ...

Amazon has just pulled the covers off its new version of Alexa – called Alexa+ – at an event in New York. With new Head of Devices and Services, Panos Panay, giving an emotional welcome to the new ...

Matter may have got off to a bumpy start, but the smart home standard looks set to play a bigger role in the smart home world in 2025 and beyond. However, while smart home platforms such as Amazon’s ...

More smarts and the promise of avoiding tricky obstacles makes the S6 MaxV sound like a dream. Yet, in practice, you’re paying a fair bit more to get object detection that doesn’t work all of the time ...

Sky has introduced Sky Essential TV – a new entry-level TV pack designed for those who some premium content without a hefty price tag. The Sky Essential TV plan is the lowest cost plan from the ...