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The Amazon Echo Pop next to the Echo Dot

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Echo Dot vs. Echo Pop: Which one should you buy?

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A person using a screwdriver on a video doorbell next to a collage featuring a Wi-Fi extender, a smartphone and a video doorbell.

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9 easy fixes for when your video doorbell goes offline

Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit smart speakers all sit next to each other on a blue table.

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The Best Smart Speakers

Image of a remote next to an image of a group of friends enjoying a movie outdoors.

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How to host an outdoor movie night with Alexa

Two Wyze smart plugs stacked on top of one another

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The Best Smart Plugs

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Flo by Moen Smart Water Leak Detector

The Best Smart Water Leak Detectors

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Amazon Alexa smart speakers including the kids Dot, the Echo and the Echo Pop sit on a blue background

The Best Alexa Smart Speakers

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A white video doorbell sits on a black-and-white, diamond-patterned surface

The Best Video Doorbells

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A person using the fingerprint scanner on the Ultraloq U Bolt Wi-Fi Pro smart lock

The Best Smart Locks

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Three black and two white smart thermostats sit on an orange background

The Best Smart Thermostats

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Many baby monitors with video screens lay on an aqua background

The Best Baby Monitors

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Flo by Moen Smart Water Leak Detector

The Best Right Now

The Best Smart Water Leak Detectors

Amazon Alexa smart speakers including the kids Dot, the Echo and the Echo Pop sit on a blue background

The Best Right Now

The Best Alexa Smart Speakers

Amazon Echo smart speaker

feature

How to enable Sound Detection for Alexa Routines

A side by side picture featuring the Echo Show 5 and the Echo Spot with a big "VS" in the middle.

feature

Echo Spot vs. Echo Show 5: Which one should you buy?

The Amazon Echo Pop next to the Echo Dot

feature

Echo Dot vs. Echo Pop: Which one should you buy?

A white video doorbell sits on a black-and-white, diamond-patterned surface

The Best Right Now

The Best Video Doorbells

A person using the fingerprint scanner on the Ultraloq U Bolt Wi-Fi Pro smart lock

The Best Right Now

The Best Smart Locks

Three black and two white smart thermostats sit on an orange background

The Best Right Now

The Best Smart Thermostats

Many baby monitors with video screens lay on an aqua background

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The Best Baby Monitors

Best Smart Bulds for Apple HomeKit

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The Best Smart Bulbs for Apple HomeKit

Smart LED strip light

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The Best LED Strip Lights

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5 smart home innovations from CES 2025 that excite us

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TomBot has the answer to anyone needing a canine cuddle buddy

A man with dark hair and a gray shirt stands against a white wall installing a thermostat.

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Honeywell Home launches a smart thermostat even technophobes can use

A car parked outside of a home

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The Best Smart Garage Door Openers

Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit (Gen 3) and the Amazon Echo (4th gen)

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The Best Smart Bulbs For Amazon Alexa

A sprinkler sprays water across a green lawn.

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The Best Smart Sprinkler Controllers

A gren-roofed Harymor smart birdfeeder with camera against a pink and blue background.

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This fantastic smart bird feeder is 40% off today

A person’s finger presses the chime button on the new Ring Battery Doorbell that is hanging on the exterior of a home

feature

How to preorder the new Ring Battery Doorbell

The Blink Mini 2 set up atop a table.

review

The Blink Mini 2 is a great budget security camera

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