Smart Home

Smart home coverage including smart home locks, security cameras, hubs, and devices.

Meta Portal Go smart display review: A portable display, powered by Facebook

December 27th, 2021

Facebook desperately wants to be a hardware company, and to some extent, it seems to be succeeding in this mission. The Oculus Quest 2 is an excellent virtual reality headset, for example. But it’s not the only hardware Facebook’s now parent company, Meta, makes. The Meta Portal Go is built as a portable smart display …

Reviews

TP-Link Deco X90 mesh router review: High performing at a high price

December 23rd, 2021

Christian de Looper

Routers have been getting a whole lot smarter. The gateway to the internet hasn’t always been the smartest device in the home, perhaps somewhat ironically. But over the last few years, thanks to products from Eero, Google, and more, smart routers have become increasingly common. One of the more recent of these smart routers comes …

Deals

Now is the time to get a Roomba robot vacuum at Amazon

December 20th, 2021

Chris Hachey

Finding a vacuum that’s right for your home situation can be difficult. Do you want a stick vacuum that is easy to store? Do you want a handheld that picks up quick messes? Or should you take the chance and get a robot vacuum? Well, if the price was the issue that was stopping you …

A glowing neon Black Friday sign with a dark background

Deals

Last chance: 5 Black Friday Alexa deals about to end at Amazon

December 19th, 2021

Maren Estrada

Black Friday and Cyber Monday were incredible this year. That’s especially true at Amazon, though it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The nation’s top online retailer always offers insane deals ahead of the holidays. And it goes without saying that Black Friday Alexa device deals offer some of the deepest discounts of the …

Shark IQ robot vacuum with auto-empty base

Deals

Amazon’s incredible Cyber Week Shark vacuum deals are ending soon

December 3rd, 2021

Maren Estrada

Sure, 4K TVs and laptops are always hot-ticket items during Cyber Week each year. But there are deep discounts available on so much more than that. Especially over at Amazon, where the retailer is about to wrap up its big Cyber Week 2021 sale. Amazon has incredible deals on all the hottest Shark vacuum models. …

Amazon Echo Show 5 on a table next to a small potted plant

Deals

Cyber Week Amazon Echo deals have prices you won’t believe

December 2nd, 2021

Maren Estrada

Black Friday was certainly crazy this year, but we hope you rested up over the weekend. Cyber Week Amazon Echo deals have now arrived with the lowest prices of 2021! Amazon went all-in for Cyber Week this year and slashed the prices of just about every last Echo device you can think of. Want some …

The Roborock S7+ robot vacuum cleaning the floor in a house

Deals

Cyber Week robot vacuum deals 2021: The best deals you can still get

December 2nd, 2021

Maren Estrada

There were so many incredible Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals in 2021, we almost can’t believe it. So many best-selling products dropped to all-time low prices. Examples include Instant Pots, Chromebooks, and AirPods Pro with MagSafe, which are still down to $197 instead of $249! But now that all those purchases are done, it’s …

The Nest Thermostat shown in four different colors

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Amazon’s $89 Nest Thermostat deal is still here for Cyber Week

December 2nd, 2021

Maren Estrada

If you ask most people, they’ll tell you the Nest Learning Thermostat is the best smart thermostat out there. It was the first model to kickstart the smart thermostat crazy. And what’s crazy is that all these years later, it’s still one of the best. But now, there’s a much less expensive Nest that’s just …

Deals

The hottest smart home device on Amazon is free for Cyber Week 2021

December 1st, 2021

Maren Estrada

Amazon was running an impressive Black Friday sale that slashed the wildly-popular MyQ garage opener to $25. That sale has now ended, but you’re actually in luck if you missed it. Why? Because Amazon is running an even better MyQ Cyber Week deal for 2021 that slashes the price to just $21.98! This is a …

iRobot's Roomba i7+ self-emptying robot vacuum cleaner

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Cyber Week Roomba deals 2021: New iRobot deals just launched

December 1st, 2021

Maren Estrada

Want to see all the very best Cyber Week Roomba deals in 2021 in one big roundup? Well, you’ve definitely come to the right place. And now that you’ve found them, you’re going to be blown away by how good these iRobot Roomba deals are! There are so many best-selling models on sale at all-time …