Smart Home

ecobee’s New $249 Smart Thermostat Can Make Phone Calls

Tim June 11, 2019

ecobee has a new smart thermostat this month, one featuring voice controls and priced at $249. It's basically the same thermostat experience you'll get with other ecobee models, but with the Alexa-powered voice controls, you can actually make calls from your...

Swidget’s Modular Outlets are Ideal for Turning Homes Into Smart Homes

Tim April 26, 2019

Swidget announced retail availability of its modular outlets this week, which allows home owners to replace their standard wall outlets with these new adaptable, modular smart outlets. Allow me to break it down. You'll start with the initial Swidget Outlet,...

DEAL: Anker’s Eufy Line Gets Big Discounts – Smart Lights for $18, Plugs for $14, Genie for $25

Kellen February 6, 2018 3

Eufy, the Anker sub-brand that has a focus in the smart home arena, dropped prices on its three of its best products today at Amazon. Right now, you can get the Eufy Genie (an Amazon Alexa speaker), Eufy Smart Plug, or the Eufy Lumos Smart Bulb for at least $9...

DEAL: 4-Pack Etekcity WiFi Smart Plugs are Just $49.99 Right Now

Kellen January 23, 2018 9

As Tim noted in yesterday's QotD post, we plan to put a coverage focus on smart home products this year, as they certainly seem to be a growing industry and fun trend to follow. Who doesn't want to have a cool as hell tech house? So while we prepare a possible...

Question of the Day: What Smart Home Tech Do You Use in Your House?

Tim January 22, 2018 131

I'm rather late to the smart home game, but I'm getting there. I have an ecobee thermostat, couple Google Home units, Amazon Echo, few Philips Hue lightbulbs, and I think the next purchase for my house will be a Nest Hello doorbell. There are countless smart...

Schlage Adds Amazon Alexa Support for Sense Smart Deadbolts

Tim October 31, 2017 7

Schlage, makers of the Sense Smart Deadbolt, are announcing support for Amazon Alexa this week. With this integration, owners can get info on the current state of their door's deadbolt and control it all from within the Alexa app on their phone. To make this...

Render of Possible Nest Lite Hits the Web

Tim August 21, 2017 8

Back in March, a report stated that Nest was working on a sub-$200 smart thermostat. Since then, we haven't heard a peep. Last Friday, though, as we were all closing up shop, @evleaks posted what appears to be a render of Nest's upcoming thermostat, one that...

ecobee4 Smart Thermostat With Alexa Announced, Priced at Just $249

Tim May 3, 2017 28

ecobee, makers of smart thermostats, announced the latest iteration of its lineup this morning, the ecobee4 with Amazon Alexa integration. Already similar to previous versions of ecobee, the big change for ecobee4 is this Amazon Alexa integration. ecobee...