The future is here, and the dream of the smart home is as alive as ever, but many smart home devices are still prohibitively expensive. Just one smart lightbulb can set you back what it would cost to ...

Simply by inserting a small adapter into an existing electrical outlet, smart plugs give you greater control of your home and make routine tasks easier and more efficient. If you want to know what a ...

Home automation products have come a long way over the past several years but the introduction of smart plugs may be the best example of that. For clarity, a smart plug is a smart home gadget that ...

Smart plugs can add controls to any outlet, but they aren’t perfect for everything. Here’s our guide to using one and which ones to buy.

Setting up the plug with an Echo was easy. I tested this plug with the new Echo Plus , and Wi-Fi Simple Setup made the process as easy as asking Alexa to discover devices. Wi-Fi Simple Setup is part ...

Smart plugs allow you to take any device that plugs into a wall and make it into a smart device. If you connect a smart plug to your holiday lights, you can control them remotely via a companion app.

There are more devices that are smart these days than those that don’t have an Internet of Things (IoT) designation. From heavy-duty appliances like refrigerators and dishwashers to smaller items like ...

I use it for a lot of reasons.

The Braumm Outdoor Smart Plug works with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa for voice commands and integration with your favorite smart home platform. At $40 (but often on sale for less), it's a ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

Ring’s Outdoor Smart Plug is one of the more affordable accessories in the company’s lineup, and for once in 2021, it’s not another doorbell. Cough-cough, remember the $59.99 Doorbell Wired that was ...