I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...

Home Assistant is a testament to the power of open source and interoperability, combining the abilities of devices in ways that would never be possible normally, while often enabling its users to ...

The much-loved open-sourced home automation platform Home Assistant is finally getting a seat at the table. Its parent company, Nabu Casa, announced it’s partnering with Silicon Labs, one of the main ...

So you want a smart home . Great! But where do you start? With so many platforms, assistants, hubs and protocols out there, it can get confusing quickly. Here's what you need to know if you're ready ...

Developers and hobbyists may be interested in a new Gateway development kit that supports both the Raspberry Pi and Orange Pi Zero mini PCs. , Aeotec has just introduced the Z-Pi 7 gateway development ...

I've set up dozens of smart home gadgets across two homes and two apartments over the last five years. I have a mental list of brands I revere and brands from which nothing shall ever be purchased ...

Thinka on Tuesday took the wraps off the first Z-Wave hub for HomeKit, bringing support for more than 3,300 new accessories to Apple's smart home platform. The new Apple-certified Thinka Z-Wave is a ...

Hackers may be able to remotely unlock your smart lock if it relies on the Z-Wave wireless protocol. According to researchers at UK firm Pen Test Partners, Z-Wave is vulnerable to an attack that ...