Why walk all that way to the mailbox only to be disappointed when it’s empty? With this smart home automation, you’ll know exactly when you’ve got mail because Home Assistant will tell you. You can ...

If you would like to start your journey by setting up your own home automation system, Zigbee, offers a robust wireless protocol, and has been transforming the way we control and automate our homes.

Sensify is a new technology that can turn Zigbee switches, bulbs, and plugs into sensors with a firmware update. This could be how Philips Hue will bring ambient sensing to its smart lights. Sensify ...

Matter may be the big new thing in the smart home arena, but the old Zigbee protocol still has some tricks up its sleeves, and this one’s pretty cool: The ability to transform Zigbee devices, such as ...

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IKEA is expanding its lineup of smart home products with three new sensors, all under $10 each. The new sensors look for motion, water, and window activity and work with Google Home, though it lacks ...

Philips Hue and other smart bulbs based on the Zigbee standard could soon act as motion sensors without the need for any additional hardware. This would mean they could automatically switch on when ...