The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...

Google has added a new screensaver called Home Controls to Android 15. Home Controls lets you quickly access your smart home controls as a screensaver. The feature is rolling out to Pixel Tablet, but ...

Android 16 offers very customizable Quick Settings tiles, but they can't be used to control a smart home by default. I used a workaround to do it.

Android ships with a long list of Google apps, but a handful quietly deliver far more value than their icons suggest. I focus ...

Google Home makes it easy to link your smart devices and control them from a single app. Whether that's checking your smart security camera, monitoring your lights with set schedules, or adjusting ...

Amazon’s own Echo Glow is the reason you’ll be looking twice at the simplest option on the shelf. It’s small, yet quick to respond. Once linked to an Echo device, Alexa will make light changes, set ...