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.

LED lighting can offer more than just power efficiency. See how you can add convincing flame lamps to enhance your evening ambience without mess or risk.

Want to connect your Ring devices to HomeKit? Well, here’s how to do it without breaking the bank, and tearing your hair out.

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.

Create advanced HomeKit integrations with ease and overcome some of Apple's limitations using the open-source Node-RED tool.

If you struggle with getting 2.4GHz devices to play nice, you might think going all 5GHz is the answer, but it may not be so easy.

Node-RED is a low-code, visual automation editor that offers some interesting opportunities for smart home users. Learn more and get started with this guide.

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.

Security, Reliability, Ease of Use and no hub? Check out what the newest IoT protocol on the market brings to the table.

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

Smart homes benefit from more and better sensors in order to drive smarter automated behaviors. But it can be frustrating being limited to the room level. We look at home Ultra-Wideband technology can solve this.

MQTT is one of the workhorse protocols in the smart home. Learn about its features and how it works in this concise guide.

Outdoor cameras options are a bit limited for HomeKit, but thanks to this tool we can use inexpensive Reolink cameras to fill the gap.

Presence, Motion, Occupancy…is there a difference? Does it matter? Learn about the differences before jumping into motion-based automations.

The Hue app has many limitations on button controls and switches, but with a raft of new features we can finally get down to business.