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A few years ago, a former ADT employee left the company to start his own security company – Abode — that offered month-to-month monitoring instead of the usual two-to-three-year contracts. At the time, DIY security...
We’re pretty big fans of Netgear’s Arlo smart cameras. The Arlo Pro 2 is the best, most full-featured home security system we’ve ever reviewed, and the Arlo Go takes nearly all of that functionality and...
Jenny McGrath/Digital Trends “Oh, my God,” a friend recently whispered. “It’s like you have a celebrity in your house.” She was talking about the Instant Pot review unit currently on display on our kitchen counter....
With a line of home-centric devices like the iconic Echo speaker and Fire TV, it was only a matter of time until tech giant Amazon dipped a toe into home security. Turns out that Seattle’s...
When we published our original Amazon Echo review in November 2015, reviewer Caleb Denison was simultaneously creeped out and entranced with the strange new home assistant speaker featuring Alexa’s voice. He was uncertain about the...
By the time Google announced its first and only smart speaker in late 2016, it was already well behind Amazon. The Seattle rival had already unleashed the Echo, Echo Tap, and Echo Dot —...
The latter half of 2017 has seen a resurgence in smart home security solutions, with August, Nest, Wink and Samsung SmartThings all announcing new lines over the last few weeks. Of course, companies like Abode are...
Update: We’ve updated our Amazon Echo Dot review score which takes into consideration competition from Google’s Home Mini. Previously, the Echo Dot existed in a vacuum and was the only smart speaker of its...
As we enter the closing months of 2017, the battle for smart home supremacy is suddenly raging once more. Last month, way back in 2014, when using your smartphone to lock or unlock your...
While Ring may have its hands full fighting an intellectual property lawsuit surrounding the announced Ring Protect security system, the company continues to manufacture popular devices like the Ring Video Doorbell (now in its...