Home Assistant Green Setup: From Unboxing to First Automation
Step-by-step Home Assistant Green setup in 2026: onboarding, adding Zigbee and Matter devices with the Connect ZBT-2 stick, and building your first automation.
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Smart Home & IoT
Starter guides, Matter and Thread explainers, Home Assistant tutorials, robot vacuum comparisons, and fixes for devices that keep dropping offline.
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Google Home Speaker Launch: What Gemini for Home Means for You
Google's $99.99 Home Speaker shipped June 25 with Gemini built in. We explain what's free, what needs Google Home Premium, and how it stacks up against Alexa+.
Ring's Familiar Faces Lawsuit and the Case for Local Cameras
A class action says Ring's face recognition scans visitors who never consented. What it does, why it's contested, and how to pick cameras that keep video local.
Roborock Saros 20 Review: A $1,600 Robot Vacuum That Climbs
Roborock's Saros 20 climbs 88 mm thresholds, mops with boiling-hot pad washing and hides its lidar. We weigh the test results against a $1,599.99 price tag.
Best Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Systems for a Smart Home in 2026
Wi-Fi 7 mesh is finally affordable. We compare Deco BE63, eero Max 7, Orbi 770 and ZenWiFi BT10 on price, backhaul and how they treat 2.4 GHz smart devices.
What Is Matter? Smart Home Standard, Thread and 1.5 Explained
Matter promises smart home devices that work with Apple, Google, Amazon and Samsung alike. Here's how it works, what Thread adds, and what Matter 1.5 changes.
Smart Home Devices Keep Dropping Offline? 8 Fixes That Work
Smart plugs and bulbs that go offline are usually a router problem, not a device problem. Work through fixes for band steering, Wi-Fi 7, WPA3 and DHCP issues.