Smart light bulbs can be a great start to a smart home, but they have a major weakness. You'd be better off upgrading another ...

Smart plugs can add controls to any outlet, but they aren’t perfect for everything. Here’s our guide to using one and which ...

When it comes to starting a smart home, lighting is one of the simplest ways to get going. You might assume that starts with a smart light bulb, but there are other ways to add smarts to your lighting ...

There are many ways to add HomeKit-connected lights to your home, allowing you to turn them on and off from your phone at a tap or with your voice using Siri. You can buy special Philips Hue bulbs, ...

The Meross Smart WiFi LED Bulb integrates almost any lamp or light fixture into a HomeKit smart home. It can be controlled with an iPhone, and offers color changing and dimming. I added a pair to my ...

SEATTLE — Maybe you’ve seen those fancy-looking homes where everything is automated or powered by the touch of a button? Well, if you’ve got smart home envy but feel like you’re stuck in the stone age ...

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Even if your old smart bulbs have lost access to their smart features, they can be put back into circulation for a variety of ...

(CONSUMER REPORTS) - Maybe you’ve seen those fancy-looking homes where everything is automated or powered by the touch of a button. Well, if you’ve got smart home envy but feel like you’re stuck in ...

Smart lightbulbs are a great way to liven up an old lamp with color. The Meross Smart LED Lightbulb uses HomeKit to allow you to customize an existing lamp and automatically switch to new colors or ...

The common thing amongst the various smart light bulbs we’ve seen recently, such as the Lumen, Philips hue, LIFX and INSTEON, is that all the enabling wireless technology is built into the bulbs ...

Today's "smart home" is full of sophisticated electronics hidden in plain sight — touchscreen and Internet connections grace our thermostats, door locks, smoke detectors and more. So why shouldn't the ...