Find the best smart home devices with our buying guides. Compare cameras, lights, plugs, and more to make the right choice.
The E340 is the one to get. It shoots 4K on the main lens, has a second 1080p camera pointed downward to catch package thefts at ground level, and stores footage locally for free with a HomeBase. If you’re stuck on an older wired chime and want a simpler upgrade, the S330 is still solid … Read more
The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro is the smart outdoor flood light most people should buy. It combines a genuine security camera with a 2,000-lumen floodlight, works without a subscription for basic motion alerts, and installs like any hardwired fixture. Everything else on this list fills a specific gap – color lighting, no-wire installs, budget … Read more
Robot vacuums reach Apple Home two different ways now, and which one applies to a given model changes what you can actually do with it. New Matter-certified vacuums pair directly into the Home app as of iOS 18.4 – no third-party software, but also no mapping or keep-out zones inside Apple’s app. Everything else, including … Read more
Dimming a HomeKit room means picking between two different products that solve the same problem differently: a smart bulb that dims itself, or a dimmer switch that dims whatever bulb is already screwed in. Most buying guides blur the two together. They shouldn’t – the right answer depends on your wiring, your fixture, and whether … Read more