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Nightingale Sleep System Review

With two separate devices that plug into your outlets, the Nightingale immerses you in white noise or sounds like falling rain. It has some smart features, but its $299 price tag is a wake-up call.
D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD

D-Link Omna 180 Cam HD review

Building a HomeKit-only smart camera is a brave choice, but as with everything Apple’s smart home platform offers, the device's features are limited.
Airthings Corentium

Airthings Corentium Home radon detector review

Invisible and odorless, radon is a silent killer. The Corentium Home radon detector can tell you instantly if you’re being poisoned.
Netatmo Presence

Netatmo Presence review

At $299, Netatmo Presence is more expensive than most Wi-Fi cameras, but its smart alerts, integrated flood light, and bold design add unexpected value.
Nanoleaf Aurora

Nanoleaf Aurora Smarter Kit review

The Nanoleaf Aurora is a pack of flat panels that light up your wall. You can arrange them in unique shapes and customize the colors. They’re fun, fairly functional, and will get your guests talking.
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Wink Hub 2 review

The Wink Hub 2 is a smart-home hub that connects to lots of devices, supports tons of protocols, and offers easy setup.
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Roost Smart Smoke Alarm Review

The Roost RSA-400 is a smart smoke alarm that uses a Wi-Fi-enabled battery to send alerts to your smartphone when it detects smoke, fire, carbon monoxide, or natural gas.
Robomow RS620

Robomow RS622 review

If the Jetsons had a lawn to mow, you can bet they would have mowed it with something like a Robomow robotic lawnmower. Much like a robotic vacuum, Robomow’s products promise to take on a time-sucking, mundane chore so you don’t have to anymore. These things are straight out of the future, so it’s OK […]
Sengled Pulse Link Starter Kit

Sengled Pulse Link Starter Kit review

The Sengled Pulse is an LED bulb with a built-in speaker, which can give your home theater a more immersive feeling for only a couple hundred bucks.
Garmin Index

Garmin Index Scale review

Garmin streamlines weight management with a connected scale that monitors body metrics then automatically uploads them to Garmin Connect.
iDevices Thermostat

iDevices Thermostat review

If you just want to turn on and off devices with your phone while at home, the iDevices products won’t disappoint – just don’t expect to be controlling those items when you’re on vacation.
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Petzi Treat Cam review

The Petzi Treat Cam lets you check up on your pet and deliver treats. It’s a nice way to connect with your cat when you’re away from home -- but yes, your cat will always love a piece of plastic as much as he loves you.
Blossom Smart Watering Controller

Blossom Smart Watering Controller review

Forget about the weather and just watch the grass grow. The Blossom Smart Watering Controller crunches tons of data to precisely hydrate your yard.
Myfox Security System

Myfox Smart Home Security System review

Myfox wants its security camera to make you feel safe but also secure in your privacy, thanks to its privacy shutter. The feature is genius, but it comes at a premium price.
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Schlage Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt Review

The Schlage Connect Touchscreen Deadbolt combines 95 years of lock making experience with Z-Wave connectivity. Look forward to never having to fumble for your keys again.
Netatmo Welcome

Netatmo Welcome review

We use faces to recognize people in our lives, so it makes sense that security devices do the same. The Netatmo Welcome is a smart security camera with unique face recognition tech, so it knows who is at the door.
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Flir FX review

The Flir FX is the company’s first home-security camera, which doubles as an action cam and condenses hours of footage into digestible chunks with FBI-derived technology.
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LifeSmart Smart-Home Kits review

When it comes to smart-home devices, there may be lots of things you want — and lots you don’t. LifeSmart’s kits let you choose what’s important to you, though it may not be the right choice if you want to add on later.
Nyrius Smart Outlet

Nyrius Smart Outlet review

The Nyrius Smart Outlet is dead simple to use and can turn any dumb appliance or device smart, but because it runs on Bluetooth, it can’t tie together your entire home.
iSmartAlarm

iSmartAlarm review

The iSmartAlarm is a solid bet for the DIY-ers amongst you, and it will only improve as the company continues to roll out new features.
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Hands on: Sesame Smart Lock

Easy to install and simpler to use, the Sesame Smart Lock fits over any deadbolt and has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi options
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Ubi Voice Assistant review

After waiting patiently for nearly two years, we finally got a chance to take Ubi’s voice-activated computer for a spin. Maybe we should have waited even longer.
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Arlo Security Camera review

Internet-connected cameras are eliminating the need for at least one wire on real cameras, and Netgear’s new Arlo security camera goes one step further, axing the power cable, too. Is this the future of home security?
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ArcSoft Simplicam review

ArcSoft’s simplicam is a nice, little home security camera. Does its facial recognition capability set it apart? 
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August Smart Lock review

The August Smart Lock easily installs over your existing deadbolt, so you can make any door “smart” and unlockable with only your smartphone.
Logitech Harmony Home Hub

Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home review

Logitech's Harmony Ultimate Home remote needs to work with more smarthome devices to truly earn its name.
Wink Hub

Wink Hub review

The inexpensive Wink Hub hides anywhere in your home and shows great promise – but lack of compatibility holds it back.
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Rachio IRO review

Rachio's sprinkler system definitely impressed us with its uber-simple smartphone interface and intelligent scheduling features, but the IRO's lack of physical controls and support for 3rd party rain sensors left us wanting more.
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Yale Real Living Touchscreen Deadbolt YRD240 review

We review Yale’s Real Living YRD240 Touchscreen Deadbolt, which offers both traditional touchscreen operation and Z-Wave compatibility, allowing it to interact with other smart-home devices.
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Nest Protect review

Functional and far smarter than your old smoke detector, the Nest Protect is back -- minus the gesture recognition. But more work is still need to make the smart home truly brilliant.
Philips Hue Tap

Philips Hue tap review

Don’t like controlling your lights with an app? Philips’ Hue Tap is the first physical switch to control its growing line of network-connected LED lighting products, and amazingly, it does it without batteries
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Emerson Sensi Thermostat review

Emerson joins the growing ranks of Nest competitors with the Sensi, a no-nonsense remote-controlled thermostat that offers basic functionality and remote control at a very attractive price.
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Samsung SmartCam HD Pro review

The SmartCam HD Pro is Samsung’s answer to the popular Dropcam home monitoring system. It’s easy to use and easy to set up, and it delivers nice-looking Full HD video quality. Its design is questionable, but it delivers on its main function.
Honeywell Lyric

Honeywell Lyric review

Honeywell’s Lyric mimics the Nest with smart thermostat features like automatically turning off the heat when you’re away and showing the weather forecast, but can it outdo the original?