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Xiaomi has launched a brand new device, called the Smart Home Screen Mini in China. It’s a compact hub designed to control smart home gadgets. With a built-in speaker and Bluetooth support, it’s ...

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Consumer Reports' Guide to Smart Homes will help you understand how technology is creating "smarter" home devices—from door ...

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Recent advances in AI-powered voice control are changing how people interact with smart homes, with local large language models (LLMs) enabling faster, more private, and more capable assistants. Home ...

I’m a smart home nerd. That’s a given after running a smart home-focused website for nearly a decade and testing pretty much every platform, system and setup available. As such, people often ask me ...