Welcome to our Smart Home and Automation category page—the hub for all things smart and convenient that can revolutionise your daily living. Here, you’ll find comprehensive guides, reviews, and the latest news on devices and ecosystems that promise to make your home safer, more efficient, and undeniably more enjoyable.
Smart Home and Automation refers to the network of intelligent devices and systems that connect to the internet and to each other, offering remote control, monitoring, and data collection. From voice-activated lighting to intelligent cooking appliances, this category spans a wide array of products designed to bring ease and automation into your home life.
Whether you’re a tech-savvy early adopter or a homeowner seeking practical solutions for everyday tasks, smart home tech offers a wide range of applications that can genuinely improve your living standards.
Whether you’re just starting your smart home journey or looking to expand your existing setup, our Smart Home and Automation category is rich with expert advice, detailed reviews, and the latest updates to help you make informed decisions. Dive in and discover how smart your home can truly be!
I have recently covered a few products that support Apple Homekit. The Aqara Smart Video Doorbell G4 would be the highlight of my recent reviews as it is the best doorbell you can buy that supports Homekit and it supports HomeKit Secure Video. I don’t personally use any Apple devices, but my partner does. From…
SwitchBot has recently launched a new Wireless Hygrometer Thermometer. Unlike the existing SwitchBot Meter, this new device has no display but has an IP65 waterproof design with a more rugged plastic shell that also has a lanyard for convenient placement. This allows the Thermo-Hygrometer to be used outdoors or in wet environments such as the…
The Hoover HF9 is a flagship cordless vacuum cleaner that Hoover claims to be twice as powerful as Shark’s best-selling cordless vacuum. The brush heads use what they call Anti-Twist technology that features an integrated comb to prevent hair from becoming wrapped around the roller during cleaning. One of the options available to buy is…
I have previously checked out a couple of WiZ products, and they are a good affordable alternative smart lighting brand to get over Philips Hue. I prefer the way Philips Hue works and their range of products, but WiZ is more affordable, and they have a better range of lighting than other affordable brands, such…
Recently, Netatmo announced a new device that will give you smart control of either air conditioning units or air-to-air heat pumps. With the cost of electricity and the increasing number of very hot days in the UK, investing in some sort of smart control for your AC is likely a wise idea. I assumed this…
Following my review of the excellent Aqara Smart Video Doorbell G4, I thought it would be a good idea to see what video doorbells support Apple HomeKit in the UK. I am not personally an Apple user, so it isn’t really something that I have paid too much attention to in the past. While there…
I have previously reviewed a couple of the excellent Proscenic smart air fryers, and I was particularly impressed with the Proscenic T31 with its versatile shelf design and rotisserie. Proscenic also manufactures a variety of other home appliances, including air purifiers, robot vacuums, and cordless vacuums. They recently sent me the latest P12 cordless vacuum,…
The Aqara Presence Sensor FP2 was launched globally a couple of weeks ago. It replaces the FP1 which launched last year, this wasn’t launched globally, but many people imported it from China due to its unique feature set. Millimeter-wave vs PIR Sensors The FP2 uses a 60GHz mmWave radar as the sensor in comparison to…
The EcoFlow Glacier was revealed at CES 2023 and officially announced last week. It is now available to buy directly from EcoFlow and should be on Amazon. This is a new product category from EcoFlow, but it builds upon their speciality of portable power stations. It is one of the only products on the market…
Aqara teased the launch of the new FP2 presence sensor earlier in the year, and this is quite an exciting product for smart home enthusiasts. The FP2 presence sensor uses mmWave radar instead of a traditional passive infrared (PIR) presence sensor. With PIR, they are not very good if you are in the room but…
EcoFlow has officially launched three new exciting products. The EcoFlow Glacier battery-powered portable fridge, the Wave 2 battery-powered portable AC unit and the EcoFlow Blade. The Blade is the world’s first robotic lawn-sweeping mower with virtual boundary navigation and obstacle avoidance. The two main differences between this and existing robotic lawnmowers are that this features…
I reviewed the Netatmo smart smoke alarm back in 2019 and Netatmo has continued to update this useful piece of smart technology as well as the carbon monoxide alarm they have. The latest update adds compatibility of its Smart Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms with the Google voice assistant. Both are now compatible with two…
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