Bluetooth usage is on the rise for wireless smart home devices, particularly sensors. The limitations of Bluetooth range can be problematic for reliability though, particularly in HomeKit installations with a single home hub.

Since the Nest Thermostat made it’s smart home debut, there has been a wealth of good smart thermostat options hitting the market for pretty much any platform of your choosing. These devices are great for those with central heating or thermostat controlled ducted air conditioning. But those with stand alone split system air conditioners have been left out in the cold (or heat as the case may be).

While not strictly necessary in an age of voice control and mobile apps, the ability to have a nice, always on dashboard somewhere in the house can be an appealing addition to any smart home. Such a dashboard needs to provide an at-a-glance view of the status of key devices, sensor data, and provide the ability to control aspects of the home conveniently.  

Philips Hue dimmers are a great wireless option for physical control of HomeKit accessories. Learn how to configure them to control more than just lights.

The FingBox, a handy little network security gadget and troubleshooting toolkit for the home. If you've ever wondered how to keep an eye on your network, this new crowdsourced appliance may be of interest.

As the number of connected devices in homes grow, and the paradigm of home computing moves to a more mobile base, Wifi connectivity has become increasingly important to a lot of people. Let's take a look a three of the better options available.

Fing is billed as a 'super-fast network scanner', and that's pretty much what it does, at least originally. Fing itself offers network scanning of the local subnet, device port scanning, and connectivity testing to local or remote addresses.

According to a group of hackers speaking at this years Black Hat conference most manufacturers assume that once a bad guy has physical access to the device, all is lost. That's not going to end well.

Which contact sensor is right for your HomeKit setup? There are only two choices right now, so we test them both and come up with some interesting results.

A look at the raft of exclusive HomeKit sensors coming out of German manufacturer Elgato. If you want to know what they can do, and how well, we have you covered.

Smart lighting has it's challenges. How do you keep people turning them off at the switch while still begin convenient to use? Here is one novel use of Philips Hue Dimmer switches to acheive the best of both worlds.

My Philips Hue bulbs were not playing ball with my color settings. Was I imagining things, or was something wrong? A bit of digging found the answer, and it was more nuanced than expected.

Using a HomeKit motion sensor to turn lights on is trivial, but turning them off again has proven less clear for many. Here's how to do it using the Elgato Eve app to create a Motion Clear event and trigger a new scene.

Different usage scenarios present different challenges for configuring a secure home network. Here we look at the likely types of configurations in play and what we can do to help protect our home network.

See the unique cloud-based home security product from Canary. Sometimes a jack-of-all trades may actually be good at everything.