Category: connected home

August’s fourth-gen WiFi Smart Lock drops to $219 on Amazon

[ad_1] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pricing and availability are accurate as of the time of publication but are subject to change. August’s fourth-generation WiFi Smart […]

Save $20 on the fourth-generation August smart lock

[ad_1] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. With its fourth-generation model, August has one of the best smart locks on the market. It’s easy to install, works […]

Ecobee expands its smart home lineup with a camera and more sensors

[ad_1] You can employ a different monitoring setting for each of your sensors: armed, armed-stay or disarmed. Haven can tap into WiFi and geolocation information to detect when you come home or leave, so you won’t need to, for instance, tap in a code on a keypad to disarm the home monitoring functions. Ecobee says […]

IKEA creates a business unit devoted to smart home tech

[ad_1] The company has been involved in connected homes since 2012, but this investment in a division help it “grasp the full potential” of the technology. It’ll work with “all other departments” to digitize the IKEA lineup. You could see this coming — IKEA hinted that it saw the Home Smart app as the eventual […]