It’s almost certainly not coming to the US due to deadbolt incompatibility, but Xiaomi has launched a new smart door lock in ...

Google Wallet is adding support for Aliro, a standard designed to revolutionise smart locks and digital access.

Below, you'll find a collection of smart home security hacks and gadgets designed to help deter intruders, prevent theft and ...

Biometric physical access control deployments are expanding including on-premise, pre-validation, condition tolerance and ...

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Google is set to sign a $115 million deal to buy AdHawk. Why do we care? Two words: smart glasses. Meta sniffed around AdHawk in 2022, and EssilorLuxxotica ...

The Apple HomePod Mini is a great gateway to starting a smart home for those in the Apple ecosystem as it gives access to Siri and is a Thread border router.

Google Assistant can do all kinds of stuff – play music, check the weather forecast, control your smart home – but one thing it can’t do (at least not impartially) is tell you which smart speaker to ...

Google is bringing lock screen ... accessed by swiping inward from the right edge of the tablet lock screen, allows users to interact with widgets for smart home controls, finance updates, timers ...

Last year saw a bunch of rumors about the possibility of lock screen widgets returning to Android. While they did make a comeback, lock screen widgets were only brought back for Google’s Pixel ...

Google will roll out Lock Screen Widget in the late Summer of 2025. Lock Screen Widget will let users create personalised experiences on their phone’s lock screens. All widgets will be compatible with ...

Naturally, not every Android OEM will need to adopt lock screen widgets. While Google points to the Pixel Tablet as an example of an existing device gaining this functionality, it's up to other ...

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