Home Assistant and Node-RED are ideal companions for crafting more advanced automations. Learn how Node-RED improves things and how to connect the two tools.

Getting Homebridge set up can be a great addition to HomeKit, but it can be a handful. HOOBS make it much easier to get started.

Adding myQ to HomeKit is not as simple as it should be. Learn about the challenges and what your options are to get control of your garage door in the Home app.

A Raspberry Pi is a great choice for hosting power user smart home tools. See how to quickly get a cheap headless server up and running for your first project.

Are you feeling constrained by your smart home platform but find Home Assistant to be a bit daunting? This guide will lay out some basics to help you jump in.

While Apple’s HomeKit has been designed to be easily accessible to the ordinary iPhone user, not having a permanent controlling device results in significant limitations

Apple Home is generally easy to use, but there are some handy features that you might not know about. Check out these tips to get the most out of the app.

Motion controlled lighting should be easy, but when it doesn’t work right in HomeKit we have a couple of alternatives.

Sometimes the perfect smart gadget doesn't support HomeKit. Find out about this third-party solution for getting more smart devices into your home setup.

While there may not be many ceiling fans that support HomeKit, it’s worth getting them into your setup for the convenience and automation potential. We explore the ways to do this for any fan you may have.

Getting Z-Wave into HomeKit used to be nigh on impossible. But now we have multiple options. We take a look at each of the solutions available to help you choose.

Being able to control and integrate all our smart devices is a huge win, so getting SwitchBot and HomeKit to play nice was something I had to figure out.

If you’ve been frustrated not being able to have Siri announce things as part of your HomeKit automations, there is a tool that provides one way to make it happen easily.

The new smart home integration standard called Matter promises to revolutionize the world of connected devices. See what it’s all about, and why it’s important.

Apple's HomeKit has become a capable and secure smart home platform. See how it works, what it can do, and how to get the most out of all the latest features.

The Tuya platform offers integration with Alexa and Google Assistant via the cloud. But using Homebridge can give you access to these in HomeKit, and with local control to boot. Here’s how.