Displaying items by tag: Home Automation

Signify's latest Philips Hue smart lighting products include a gradient lightstrip designed for PC gamers.

The four-button Lifx smart switch has been recalled due to the risk of fire and electric shock.

Perth-based home automation company, Quantify Technology, has appointed Taiwanese manufacturer CASwell to manufacture its home automation products for the global market.

Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen has announced its new Beosound 1 and Beosound 2 speakers will come with Google Assistant next month, combining beauty and brains.

It has taken several months to arrive Down Under after launching in the US in October 2017, but the biggest and loudest version of Google's Home speakers is finally set to go to Max down under for A$549.

Amazon’s Alexa-powered range of Echo smart assistants will be bolstered in Australia with the Echo Spot now available for pre-order.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall - who’s the smartest mirror of them all? It can only be the Embrace Android-powered smart mirror.

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, plus Amazon's range of Echo devices, including an all-new Echo, are finally hitting Australian shores.

The B.One Hub is designed to integrate and control a wide variety of sensors and devices around the home.

Google Home is now in Australia, replete with television advertising letting us know you can have it control your lighting. Yet, my experience shows large Australian retailers lag behind online outlets when it comes to making this a reality.

D-Link has announced that its mydlink Wi-Fi Smart Plug (DSP-W215) is compatible with the Google Assistant on Google Home, eligible Android phones and iPhones.

Only about 10% of households in Australia, the UK and the US have connected home solutions, according to a newly published online study of nearly 10,000 people in the three countries.

If sneaking a snack sounds superbly satisfying, Samsung’s spying fridge may stop such sinful ways.

Open smart home platforms and partnerships are predicted to drive adoption of home automation hardware, with over 300m units by 2020, up from 28m in 2015.

This fully-automatic home brew machine is about to go into production.

Elgato's app for controlling its Avea smart LED globe now includes Apple Watch support.

A new era of DIY home automation has arrived in Australia through Belkin’s WeMo Maker, its Insight Switch and Home Sensors, controlled from smartphones or tablets!

Netgear’s world-first 100% wireless HD smart home security camera has landed in Australia at last, and for affordable, easy, effortless surveillance it’s a wireless wonder!

Yeezus! A new range of Smart Home products from part-Xiaomi funded Chinese company Yeelink has come yelling into the Australian market with two new Bluetooth-controlled LED Yeelights - with thankfully no involvement from Kanye West. 

Let there be light! Belkin’s smart home automation ecosystem, Wemo, has had an enlightening new addition to its range with the Wemo LED Starter Set and Wemo Smart LED Bulbs launching in Australia.