But for all its benefits, the smart home can be complicated, confusing, and occasionally maddening. It’s also hard to keep up with all the changes. New gadgets are arriving daily, new features come to ...

The best smart thermostats we've tested can control your home's heating and cooling with your phone or voice—and might help you save on energy costs. I’ve been working with computers for ages, ...

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Forget keys. The top smart locks we've tested are secure, easy to install, and provide several convenient ways to control who can access your home and when. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...

A smart lock offers the benefits of a conventional deadbolt without the need to carry a physical key. Instead, many smart locks have keypads for PINs and/or electronic keys, where the “key” lives in ...

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Just like Wi-Fi-enabled lights and plugs and locks, smart thermostats give you the ability to automate an element of your home for increased convenience. In this case, it’s your temperature controls.

But will any smart scale do the trick? Technically yes, but ultimately no. During our testing we found a number of manufacturers who might as well have just slapped "smart" on the boxes of their old ...

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