Apple users had a banner year when it came to new smart home devices. Of all the ones I tested, here are my favorite Apple Home-compatible ones that launched in 2025.

Back in late 2022 and early 2023, Apple rolled out a new architecture for its Apple Home platform to deliver improved ...

On this week's episode of the HomeKit Insider podcast, we go through every Matter and Apple Home announcement from the show from many of the major brands — and there's a big HomeKit deadline coming up ...

Home Assistant is a free and open-source smart home ecosystem with near-limitless potential. Unlike proprietary systems from Apple, Google, and Amazon, Home Assistant lets you build more complex ...

Have you ever looked at an old MacBook gathering dust on a shelf and wondered if it could still serve a purpose? While it might seem like yesterday’s tech, that aging device is far from obsolete. In ...

Apple could release an iPad-like smart home accessory based on its homeOS platform as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman ...

Sometimes the simplest way to understand the cause-and-effect nature of automation is to start with the effect. Scenes are ...

Amazon is now offering the Space Black 13-inch M5 iPad Pro with the 256GB of internal storage down at $1,149 shipped.

The U400 ($269.99) is the first to support Apple’s Home Key’s hands-free unlocking. This uses the U1 ultra-wideband (UWB) ...