Welcome to our Smart Home and Automation category page—the hub for all things smart and convenient that can revolutionise your daily living. Here, you’ll find comprehensive guides, reviews, and the latest news on devices and ecosystems that promise to make your home safer, more efficient, and undeniably more enjoyable.
Smart Home and Automation refers to the network of intelligent devices and systems that connect to the internet and to each other, offering remote control, monitoring, and data collection. From voice-activated lighting to intelligent cooking appliances, this category spans a wide array of products designed to bring ease and automation into your home life.
Whether you’re a tech-savvy early adopter or a homeowner seeking practical solutions for everyday tasks, smart home tech offers a wide range of applications that can genuinely improve your living standards.
Whether you’re just starting your smart home journey or looking to expand your existing setup, our Smart Home and Automation category is rich with expert advice, detailed reviews, and the latest updates to help you make informed decisions. Dive in and discover how smart your home can truly be!
Aqara has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its latest product – the Smart Lock U200. This retrofit, keyless home access solution aims to provide flexibility, convenience and security through various modern unlocking methods while retaining compatibility with traditional keys. Various Unlocking Methods The U200 lock offers users numerous options for securely accessing their…
At the end of 2023, I reviewed the TP-Link Kasa KE100 radiator valve and had very mixed feelings towards it. It is fantastic value for money, but at the time, it was not compatible with the TP-Link Tapo H100 hub, and I went on to criticise the mess of Kasa and Tapo interoperability. Recently, things…
As someone who hates vacuuming, I am a big fan of robot vacuums with LiDAR or VSLAM navigation and auto-empty stations. I have been using the AirRobo T10+ for the past two years, and it has done a decent enough job. At the time of my initial review, it was one of the most affordable…
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[Update – 12th February 2024] I originally wrote this review back in December 2023 and criticised this TRV due to the mess that was the Tapo and Kasa interoperability. I expressed annoyance that the Kasa smart hub had the same hardware as the Tapo smart hub, but you couldn’t add the KE100 to the Tapo…
Living in a large, old, inefficient home in the north of England, I have been a big fan of smart heating ever since it became available. My first experience was with the original Tado system back in 2014, but back then, they didn’t have the smart radiator valves, so I quickly jumped ship to Heat…
The Reolink Duo 3 was announced at CES 2024 and is a logical evolution of the Reolink Duo series. The new model has a significantly improved resolution while retaining the dual-lens setup, which stitches the images together to create a 180° video feed running at 4608×1728. Past Reolink Reviews Reolink Duo 3 PoE vs Duo…
I have previously reviewed the pin code-based Welock SOHO-EU and was reasonably happy with it at the time. More importantly, I have left it installed on my garage/gym UPVC door for almost two years, and it continues to work well. In my past review, I wasn’t fond of the app and expressed some concerns over…
I have reviewed quite a few smart locks over the years, and I currently have a mish-mash of locks on my external doors, including the Yale Linus Smart Lock on my front door, Ultion Smart Lockon my back door and the Welock Smart Lock [SOHO-EU] on my garage/gym door. I have also reviewed: More recently, I…
I have been a big fan of video doorbells for several years and have used most of the popular options out there, including the Eufy Security Video Doorbell S330, Ring Video Doorbell 4, Arlo Essential Video Doorbell and the Aqara Smart Video Doorbell G4. I also run several POE surveillance cameras and have reviewed options…
I have reviewed a lot of video doorbell cameras over the years. As someone who works from home and receives a lot of packages, I have found these to be an essential piece of tech in my home as I get motion and doorbell notifications through to both my phone and watch, meaning I rarely…
Philips Hue, the smart lighting brand from Signify, has announced several new product launches that aim to provide more flexibility and integration for designing personalized lighting experiences in the home. The products include a unique new wall light with dual beam control, new connectors for the Philips Hue Perifo track lighting system to enable more…
I didn’t have the best experience with Matter when I first used it with the Google Nest WiFi Pro, but since then, there has been a growing number of Matter-enabled devices, and I have switched to Home Assistant for all my smart home needs. The AiDot Linkind represent a perfect example of why Matter is…