The basic controls of smart light switches involve an on and off function. Additional desirable options may include the ...

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In the course of my years of writing about smart home products, I’ve used more smart switches — that is, light switches you can control with your phone, smart speaker, tablet or computer — than ...

Smart lights are great, allowing you to control them remotely so you don’t have to get out of bed to shut off that living room lamp you forgot about. But smart bulbs kind of suck because they need to ...

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Smart home light switches are an easy way to make your home more convenient, by connecting your current light fixtures and lightbulbs to apps and voice assistants. Beyond simply making them accessible ...

Jasco, the maker of some of our favorite smart lights, is at CES this week to show off its latest smart plugs and wall switches, all of which come with a key feature: Matter support. Jasco is also ...

When I press the “on” button on the light switch for the chandelier over my kitchen island, it turns on in an instant. When I ask Alexa to turn it off, the light turns off. When I tap the light in the ...

Latency is another reason you might want to bother with bindings. When two devices can talk to each other directly, they ...