Smart home news, reviews, and guides — making your home smarter.
Smart home news, reviews, and guides — making your home smarter.
Roku is leaving the smart home business. Days after Fox closed its roughly $22 billion acquisition, the streaming company confirmed it will wind down sales of smart home hardware — including cameras, video doorbells, smart lights, and its home monitoring system — to refocus on streaming. Existing products will keep working, but Roku’s four-year smart home experiment is over.
Read MoreCode found in Apple’s pre-release HomeView software suggests the $299 smart display could later double as a HomeKit Secure Video camera and run third-party AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude. Neither feature is officially confirmed, but the leaked setup flows and software references look substantial ahead of the November 13 launch.
Read MoreToday’s verified smart home deals bring early Black Friday savings of up to 70% off: a flagship eufy robot vacuum and mop, Ring’s newest 2K spotlight camera, a Blink floodlight camera at clearance, and a 2K video doorbell with Sync Module. Every price was checked on the retailer’s own product page on November 11, 2026.
Read MoreWyze has launched the $99.98 Lever Lock, a fingerprint smart lock built for single-bore doors like garage entries, side doors, and home offices. The fingerprint reader sits in the lever handle for sub-half-second unlocking, with built-in Wi-Fi, no hub or subscription, and up to 12 months of battery life. We cover the five unlock methods, Alexa and Google Home support, and the one notable gap: no Matter.
Read MoreAmazon’s Ring has unveiled Ring Robotics, a new line of autonomous mobile security devices. The $249.99 Ring Drone Cam flies room to room on scheduled patrols, while the $999.99 Ring Rover Cam patrols businesses. Both run on Ring’s AI Pilot system, but the drone still needs FCC authorization before it can ship in January 2027.
Read MoreOwlet has launched the $49.99 Smart Thermometer, an FDA-registered, non-contact infrared forehead thermometer that takes a reading in one second and syncs results to the Owlet Dream App. We cover its accuracy, Bluetooth logging, how it fits with the Dream Sock, and the holiday bundle deals — plus the FDA-registered versus FDA-cleared distinction buyers should know.
Read MoreBLUETTI has opened early access to the Apex 200, a 2,560Wh portable power station with 3.2kW of output and smart AC outlets for home backup, RV trips, and off-grid use. Expansion batteries scale a single unit to 33.28kWh, and three units in parallel reach about 100kWh. Final pricing arrives with the official Australian launch on November 24.
Read MoreDyson has launched the Hot+Cool HF1 fan heater (Rs 38,900) and the Cool tower fan (Rs 27,900) in India. The HF1 is Dyson’s first connected fan heater, with MyDyson app control, pre-heat scheduling, and voice commands via Siri, Alexa, and Google Home. It heats a room 20% faster than the previous AM09 and runs up to 25% quieter. The Cool tower fan offers personal cooling with the same bladeless Air Multiplier design.
Read MoreToday’s verified smart home deals: an Arlo 2K indoor camera 2-pack at 65% off, the Roborock Qrevo S Pro robot vacuum and mop at 43% off, and Govee color-changing smart bulbs at 24% off. Every price was checked on the retailer’s own product page on November 10, 2026 — double-check the live price before you buy.
Read MoreGoogle Play services v26.44, released November 9, 2026, lets Android users add Matter and Aliro-compatible residential digital keys to Google Wallet through Google Home. The update brings phone-based house keys to the open smart home standard, with Samsung and Apple already backing Aliro, though compatible locks and a full rollout are still to come.
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