Apple users had a banner year when it came to new smart home devices. Of all the ones I tested, here are my favorite Apple Home-compatible ones that launched in 2025. Heading into the year, I had high ...

Apple's smart home display, which reportedly features an iPad-inspired screen and attaches to a wall, has been pushed to the latter half of 2026 due to AI-related delays for the next-gen Siri ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

The latest update to the Matter smart home standard has launched today: Matter 1.5. The headline news is that smart cameras get support for the very first time. This effectively brings Apple Home ...

IKEA plans to overhaul its smart home lineup with full Matter support, making its budget-friendly products compatible with Apple Home and other ecosystems without requiring the company's own hub, ...

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