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These are the best smart outdoor security cameras.

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All of the smart smoke/CO detectors and monitors we tested

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Smart safety devices of 2025: Smoke & CO monitors that work

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Smarter homes start here: the best smart displays of 2025

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Tech takes flight: top smart bird feeders of 2025

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Smart water leak detectors that stay ahead of damage

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All of the smart smoke/CO detectors and monitors we tested

The Best Smart Smoke / CO Detectors and Monitors

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These are the best smart outdoor security cameras.

The Best Outdoor Home Security Cameras

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The Best Smart Displays

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Flo by Moen Smart Water Leak Detector

The Best Smart Water Leak Detectors

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The Best Alexa Smart Speakers

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The Best Video Doorbells

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All of the smart smoke/CO detectors and monitors we tested

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The Best Smart Smoke / CO Detectors and Monitors

A round, white smoke detector sits on a wood background

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X-Sense SC07-MR is a smart smoke and CO alarm that’s helpful—but not perfect

These are the best smart outdoor security cameras.

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The Best Outdoor Home Security Cameras

Google's Nest Cam (battery) home security camera hangs on a wood fence outdoors.

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Nest Secure is officially over—what you need to know

A black Amazon Echo Show 8 sits on a table.

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The Best Smart Displays

Flo by Moen Smart Water Leak Detector

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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

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The Best Alexa Smart Speakers

Amazon Echo smart speaker

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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.

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

The Amazon Echo Pop next to the Echo Dot

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

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

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The Best Video Doorbells

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

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The Best Smart Locks

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

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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

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The Best Smart Garage Door Openers

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