Overwhelmed by all the automation possibilities your smart gadgets offer? You're not alone. Here are three I find useful and ...

Home Assistant is where the heart is.

Google confirmed in a reply to one affected user that Home automations are not going away, but certain actions are. During the first week of May – coming up quickly – Google Home will stop supporting ...

Why have some Google Home users started getting messages about phone actions and automations disappearing the first week of ...

Home Assistant users can now integrate local AI-powered voice assistants without complex hardware, using tools like Ollama, Qwen3 models, and wake word detection via old smartphones. This setup allows ...

The best way to make the most of your smart setup is to have your devices handle tasks you forget to do or can't stay on top ...

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Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...