HassKit is New Home Assistant Control App
Home Assistant continues to gain fans around the world with its powerful ability to integrate multiple home automation systems. While it’s still very much a…
2019
Listen: Vergecast Podcast Discuss Project Connected Home IP
In this last episode of the Vergecast podcast for 2019, the panel discusses last weeks announcements from Amazon, Apple, Google, Zigbee and Z-Wave. …Nilay Patel,…
Video: The Best Wireless Battery Powered Security Cameras – 2019
One of my YouTube subscriptions, ‘The Hook Up’ recently did a great overview of the best wireless, battery powered security cameras available. If you’ve been…
Z-Wave Alliance & Silicon Labs to Open Z-Wave Specification
Just 24 hours after Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance unveiled their plans to develop a new Open Source smart home standard, the Z-Wave…
Amazon, Apple, Google & Zigbee to Develop New Open Source Smart Connected Home Over IP Standard
Earlier today, in a surprise move, a group of top tech companies announced “Project Connected Home over IP”. Amazon, Apple, Google, and brands from the…
Join Our New Automated Home Facebook Group
Our old UKHA_D Yahoo Group has been around since 1998. But this weekend we’ve moved our Smart Home discussions over to our brand new group…
Crestron Introduces Wireless Horizon EX Dimmers and Keypads [Updated]
Crestron are now shipping their wireless Horizon EX keypads and dimmers. This new line of wall-box controllers features matching dimmers and keypads, enabling residential system…
D-Link Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug Can Schedule Your Appliances
D-Link recently introduced the mydlink Mini Wi-Fi Smart Plug (DSP-W118) to its Smart Home range. Setup Like most smart tech these days, setup is via…
Loxone Reveal New 2nd Generation Miniserver
Ever since 2011 Loxone have build their smart home system around their diminutive but capable Miniserver. But today that hardware has been retired and replaced…
Black Friday Deals in Smart Home Tech
Black Friday bargains start early, and they come and go, so here are a few of the best ones as we find them. NEWEST DEALS…
Review: Airthings Wave Mini Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor
We’ve been using the all-singing all-dancing Wave Plus for around six months now. But Airthings also have another smart indoor air quality monitor, the entry-level…
Review: Is The Zendure SuperTank The Ultimate Portable USB-C PD Battery?
After headphones I guess my 2nd biggest technology addiction has to be batteries. Tech life depends on electrons and I have an unnatural fear of…
Staying in the Loxone Smart Show Home – Part 3
In Part 1 we covered our stay in the Loxone Show Home and in Part 2 we visited the Loxone HQ. In this final part…
Case Study: Finite Solutions – Crestron Smart Home
It’s always great to look around a professionally installed UK smart home so here’s a Crestron setup in a beautiful house in Leicester, designed and…
Tesla Model 3 UK – The First 3,500 Mile Mega Review
After more than three years of waiting I picked up my Model 3 from Tesla’s Edinburgh service centre at the end of June and drove…
TV Lights with New Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box
The Philips Hue range is one of the most popular DIY smart home lighting systems on the planet. Now they have introduced the new Hue…
The D-Link Smart Home WiFi Water Leak Sensor
Here’s an interesting smart home leak detector from D-Link. The DCH-S161 water sensor uses Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz 802.11n/g) so it can operate stand-alone without any…
Our Apple iPhone 2019 Keynote Cheat Sheet [Updated]
The talking is done, the demos are over and as usual everything is “incredible”. Here are all the meaty bits from the keynote for your…
New Eve Extend is HomeKit Bluetooth Range Extender
An Apple HomeKit smart home relies on Bluetooth, and while that means low power and great battery life for wireless sensors, it can present range…
Staying in the Loxone Smart Show Home – Part 2
In Part 1 we looked at our stay in the Loxone Show Home in Austria, but there were several other sites we visited over the…