The setting for the rom-com Crazy Rich Asians is the glamorous side of Singapore, with luxury hotels, million-dollar shopping sprees, and weekend trips via helicopter. While the plot seems absurd, the movie does give viewers a small taste of the real high-tech city-state.

Go beyond a smart-home product or two and you’ll want something that connects them. There are a couple reasons for that: Here’s how we picked the best hub for the DT smart apartment.

Cars have keyless entry, but do you want your home to as well? We check out smart locks for the Digital Trends smart apartment.

Sensors are an easy way to make you feel a little more secure in your smart apartment, especially when it comes to arming your windows and doors. They can also provide peace of mind when it comes to leaks and air quality.

Smart smoke alarms offer benefits like letting you silence a false alarm before the device starts blaring and getting notifications about dying batteries. As long as you buy a battery-operated one, it’s a great addition to a smart apartment.

Security cameras are a big part of home security and a natural choice for a smart apartment, since they’re so portable. But you don’t want to feel like you’re living in a police state, so control is paramount.

Not every device fits into a predetermined category when it comes to the smart home. From connected beds to pet tech to smart gardens, we found some great toys for the Digital Trends smart apartment.

I’ve lived in the Digital Trends smart apartment for six months. I found things I loved about it -- and also things I loathed about it.

Smart-home devices sometimes require complicated installation that just doesn’t make sense for renters. Plus, apartments have different needs than single-family homes. That’s why we decided to outfit a whole condo with smart devices that don’t require rewiring or permanent installation. Each week, we’ll tackle a different category and look at various products, then explain how […]

Digital Trends is outfitting a condo in Seattle with tons of smart-home devices suited for an apartment. We’ll look at gadgets that are affordable, portable, and hopefully useful.

We were skeptical about a robot that’s both a vacuum and a mop, but the Ecovac Deebot Ozmo 930 pleasantly surprised us. It’s a bit annoying that the app is practically required for it to function, but it does a decent job of both vacuuming and cleaning with minimal input from a human.

The GE Smart Countertop Microwave can be controlled by Amazon’s Alexa, but it also uses scan-to-cook technology via its app for packaged and frozen food. The list of items is robust, but we’d like to see the app incorporate more fresh food options to really make this connected microwave smart.

Smart mirrors all have a variety of features and level of intelligence, whether they are connected via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. We tested out three: out the Viio Vezzo smart mirror, SimpleHuman Sensor Mirror Trio, and the HiMirror Plus+. Some are meant for makeup, while others try to keep you entertained during your morning routine.

What makes a smart city? We asked some experts, and they all agree: No city is really there, yet, but many cities are looking to the future.

If you like travel, trivia, and technology, When in Rome might just be the board game for you. It requires an Amazon Alexa device, like an Echo or Dot, to play. Alexa guides you through the game, while locals ask you questions about their cities.

Electrolux has a diverse market, especially when it comes to the Asia-Pacific region. To meet the needs of Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and other countries, it partnered with SideChef to make a cooking app that offers local as well as international cuisine, with language and techniques that are country specific.

To figure out what color to paint our walls, we used a bunch of online tools, from paint company’s sites to Adobe Color Wheel, to get just the right look. Then we tried out a paint sprayer to see if it really was any easier than doing the job by hand. There are some parts of painting that tech hasn’t figured out how to help with yet, though.

Google product lead Mark Spates works on the company’s smart speakers, including Google Home. In an interview with Digital Trends, he talked about the role of voice in the smart home and where the future might lead, including gesture control, proximity sensors, and new smart speaker hardware.

Robot vacuums are often more for maintenance than for deep cleaning, but we were excited to try the Electrolux Pure i9. Electrolux is known for its vacuums, after all. The bot definitely got our floors clean, but there were a few drawbacks, like a 40-minute battery life, that were hard to get over.

Wire-bristle grill brushes have fallen out of favor because of safety concerns. Luckily, there are alternative ways to clean your grill.

If an interior decorator looked at your Pinterest board, they might be able to nail down your taste as modern or rustic. That's sort of the idea behind HomLuv, which uses artificial intelligence and crowdsourcing to match homebuyers and homebuilders, based on photos of kitchens, bathrooms, and so on.

The Buzzfeed Tasty One Top is a smart induction cooktop that works with the Tasty app. Using sensors, including a probe, it’s supposed to precisely control the temperature of your food, from the mundane, like flank steak, to the weird, like strawberry lemonade pancakes.

Anthony Bourdain, chef, author, and host of Parts Unknown, died June 6 at age 61. The food-lover and world-traveler leaves a legacy of embracing the unfamiliar, eating what's put in front of you, and great travel advice.

At the 2018 Connections Conference, artificial intelligence and how it can improve the smart home was one topic of conversation. But before it can run your home, it has to learn to crawl through basic connectivity issues.

Update: Delta has discontinued the Wi-Fi Leak Detector and is issuing refunds to owners. Click here to get more information on how to collect your refund.

So how does the HomePod measure up to the Amazon Echo and Google Home? Here, we examine the similarities and differences. Hint: it's not even close.

Now that it's been out almost a year, we updated our Google Home review to reflect the smart speaker's new features like calling.

The Neeo smart remote is meant to take control of your smart home off your phone and put it in a universal device that works with TVs, speakers, thermostats, lightbulbs, and more. It has promise, but a lot of headaches, and understanding its many functions requires homework that most users won't be willing to do.

Facebook’s new data policy is 4,200 words you’re never going read, but the company has become a little more transparent about how they track users and non-users as they click on different pages and use other apps. Here’s everything you need to know.

Cleaning up after a volcano is a monumental task. Lava can completely destroy homes, but ash and mudflows can also cause serious damage. If residents are going to rebuild, they have a lot to worry about when it comes to debris and ash removal.

The Frigidaire Gallery FGIF3036TF Induction Range is the first of its kind for under $1,000. Induction cooking is fast, efficient, safer, and cleaner than radiant and gas stoves. We did a little cooking on the range and watched it boil water in 90 seconds.

It pays to be CEO of giant tech companies, and these mansions are proof. Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, and other tech execs have huge homes all over the country. Check out our gallery of some of the biggest, most expensive homes on the planet owned by the tech giants of Silicon Valley and beyond.

The Food Matrix is a new cookbook from James Briscione. While it has some recipes, its main focus is aroma wheels that make it easy to pair new and unusual foods together based on shared compounds.

With news still trickling out about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook is reportedly scrapping plans to release Portal and another smart speaker at its F8 developer conference. We know now that the delay is quite significant -- we won't see the speakers until October 2018, five months later than scheduled.