Nearly 70% of homeowners say they would replace their thermostat for a more secure option, signaling a sharp shift in consumer confidence.

For years, the real estate industry sold one vision of the future: a home where every light, lock, thermostat, and appliance ...

Smart home technology promises convenience, efficiency, and peace of mind through connected security cameras, smart locks, and automated monitoring systems. But these same devices that are supposed to ...

From its inception, Matter promised to take the disparate walled gardens of smart home technology and unite them under a single protocol. Its purpose was to allow different ecosystems to interact with ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Smart home devices offer a range of benefits for the whole family, making life easier for everyone. Using your home's Wi-Fi network, these ...

How the Matter standard helps create a more interoperable smart home. How does Matter work? The incorporation of machine learning into smart devices. Life in the home is constantly changing as a ...

Last month's Ikea's announcement of more than 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices felt like a much-needed breakthrough moment for the high-profile smart home standard. If Ikea—a brand with a broad, not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commercial cinema technology and smart-home tech. As if our smartphones were not already central to our lives, a new ...