There’s a lot you can do to design a resilient smart home, from choosing an open ecosystem like Home Assistant to avoiding devices that depend on the cloud to work. But sometimes, things just don’t go ...

Most homeowners walk past the same spots every day without noticing what’s quietly breaking down. A house doesn’t usually fall apart overnight. It happens in slow motion through small problems that ...

Major weather events like thunderstorms, floods and hurricanes can spark problems even after the storm passes Drip. Drip. Drip. Over the summer, we had a massive thunderstorm pass through Dallas.

The smart home is complex. It has multiple devices, often multiple apps and a variety of wireless connections all working together with additional devices such as your phone and router. It's no ...

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I’m a relatively early adopter of smart home products. While I didn’t dive in during the X.10 days, I’ve been using a variety of smart home devices for well over a decade now, and jumped in on HomeKit ...

Smart home devices or apps acting up? I've been there: Here's what I do to get things working right. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart ...