Look up the definition of “hype” and you’ll find the phrase “home automation” listed as a usage example. So many manufacturers have made so many promises to create the ideal automated, or “connected,” ...

A Raspberry Pi home automation project enables controlling lights, sensors, and smart devices via open-source software, turning any house into a smart home.

Home automation, mainly using Crestron, has been at the core of my audio-video system in my last three houses. While not the most fruitful of advertising category (when comparing to audiophile and ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Hewlett-Packard announced in late March that it is discontinuing the manufacture of its Digital Entertainment Center, which is part of the home automation package DSC unveiled at ...

SmartLabs Inc. on Thursday announced that Perceptive Automation, creators of the Indigo Mac home automation software, now supports Smartlabs’ Insteon home control devices. Insteon hardware is a ...

Partners believe Apple could be a leader in the "Internet of Things," but say that it will have to clear some hurdles first. Partners spoke to CRN in reaction to a report by the Financial Times that ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Hewlett-Packard announced in late March that it is discontinuing the manufacture of its Digital Entertainment Center, which is part of the home automation package DSC unveiled at ...

Perceptive Automation on Wednesday announced Indigo 3.0, a new version of their home automation software for Mac OS X. Indigo 3 costs $179.95l; version 2.0 users can upgrade for free. A 30-day trial ...

In late 2019, Apple, Amazon, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance announced that they were teaming up to create a new interoperability standard for home automation (see “Apple Teams Up with Rivals to ...

Three years ago, the Internet was going to transform our houses into palaces of pampering and safety. Web cameras would let us prowl the yard from work and lock the doors. Sensors on pet collars would ...

Android Auto can do all sorts of cool things, but as everybody knows already, Google has kind of limited the app support to software that comes in handy when driving, such as navigation solutions and ...

Apple’s Home app in iOS 26 benefits from new Adaptive Temperature features for automating your thermostat in multiple ways.