IKEA is in the midst of rolling out a new lineup of smart home devices, ditching Zigbee in favor of Matter over Thread.

I picked Aqara’s Smart Lock U400 and Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026 ...

As well as smart lamps, IKEA is dipping its toes even further into the audio waters, unveiling its tiny but dead cheap ...

Smart home devices that connect over Thread should have a much more stable network thanks to Thread 1.4 support in tvOS 26. Thread is an IP-based wireless protocol that connects primarily smart home ...

The Eve Thermostat has been announced at CES 2026. Controls, schedules and automations can all run locally, with no ...

The homes will get smarter this year as we witness the best smart home devices of CES 2026 revolutionize the technology for ...

The $30 Lifx Smart Dimmer is also coming in Q2 and is an in-wall, paddle-style switch with four customizable buttons, a ...

The Pixel 10 Pro’s hidden Thread radio is a crucial piece of future-proofing hardware for the smart home. It enables a more reliable and faster connection for smart devices than Wi-Fi, allowing the ...

On this week's episode of the HomeKit Insider podcast, we go through every Matter and Apple Home announcement from the show ...

The smart home has been drifting into a world of interoperability lately that I never would have expected just a few years ...