Artificial intelligence is evolving into ambient intelligence, reshaping life at home.

Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

For years, the real estate industry sold one vision of the future: a home where every light, lock, thermostat, and appliance ...

On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your hosts talk through even more smart home rumors from Apple, talk about the new 18.3 releases, and review the xBloom smart coffee maker. This week on ...

Apple made sure to include Thread support for the iPhone Air, which is good news for the smart home. The last time Apple talked about Thread in-depth earlier this year, Vividh Siddha, a director at ...

Apple was apparently planning to introduce homeOS in March this year, but the delays with AI-related features killed those plans. “That operating system and device, however, rely heavily on the ...

On the latest HomeKit Insider Podcast episode, we get into the new Aqara doorbell, break down Ikea's master Matter and Thread plan, talk about the Kef XIO soundbar, and more! This past week, Samsung ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. Are you an early adopter? Or are you someone who buys the ...

Apple is already under massive fire for falling behind in AI, and Google’s Gemini smart home plans are about to make that a whole lot worse. Not only is Siri lagging dramatically behind generative AI ...

You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning. Technology companies are pushing the “smart home” hard, selling ...

The iPhone Air is guarantee to have Thread support, and that's good news for smart homes waiting on Apple's big release. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security ...

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught ...