The smart home controller app has had a complete overhaul, including a much-needed new Favorites tab, an improved camera interface, support for dozens of new device types, and more controls for ...

Turn your tablet into a general-purpose tablet, but locate it centrally on a charging dock and pin a smart home control app so that it's the default interface. This doesn't have to be a Fire tablet.

Smart home devices, with all their quirks and capabilities, are only part of the equation. The other part is the app they use for settings, control and general account management.

Instead, development has been going into Google Home, the company’s main smart-home app used with the newer Nest Thermostat, below. This puts the Nest Learning Thermostat in a holding pattern ...

Google could be prepping a Nest Hub update alongside the new Home app and Pixel Tablet. Or it could ignore the Nest Hub entirely! Guess we’ll see.

Google Home’s web dashboard is less functional than the mobile app, but it still lets you view live Nest camera feeds and execute automation routines from your PC. You’ll find it by heading to ...

In preparation for WWDC 2023, Apple is developing a new interface within iOS 17 for iPhones that will act like a smart home display, showcasing essential information.