Smart Speakers

Setting up a smart home for elderly relatives should start with the problems that actually make daily life harder: missed calls, dark hallways, forgotten plugs, awkward heating controls and family…

Creating seamless music across your entire home is easier than you might think. This multi room audio setup guide walks you through every choice, from picking the right speakers to grouping rooms and integrating your…

You walk into your kitchen, both hands covered in raw chicken, and the timer you forgot to set is already three minutes overdue. You shout “set a timer for ten…

Someone rang your doorbell while you were at work and you have no idea who it was. Or worse — a parcel was stolen from the doorstep and you’ve got…

You’re lying in bed at midnight and it suddenly hits you — that smart speaker sitting on the kitchen counter has been listening to every conversation you’ve had since Christmas.…

You bought a few smart plugs, a Hive thermostat, and a Ring doorbell, and they all work fine on their own — but they do not talk to each other.…

You want a robot vacuum but the choice is paralysing. iRobot has the Roomba name everyone recognises. Roborock has the tech-reviewer hype. Ecovacs has the competitive pricing. All three promise…

You come home from work, the floors are clean, and you didn’t do anything. No pushing a Dyson around, no wrapping the cord, no moving furniture. The robot did it…

Your alarm goes off at 6:45am, you reach over and hit snooze for the third time, and somewhere between the second and third snooze you remember the school run starts…

You’ve just unboxed your new Amazon Echo or Google Nest, set it up on the kitchen counter, and now you’re asking it for the weather and setting timers. That’s it…