The Google Home app keeps getting more useful. Starting with version 2.9, you can use the app to change the color of compatible smart bulbs. A year ago, the app was mostly used for setting up your ...

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The Yeelight color smart bulb is bright enough and boasts some clever lighting features, but its quirky app gave us trouble. One of the few smart bulbs we’ve seen that is compatible with Alexa, Google ...

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Google's Home app is supposed to be the single hub on your phone for all your smart home needs. It, however, originated from a time when all that you could real connect was a Chromecast. And while it ...

The Google Home app was recently redesigned, making it easier to control your smart home products from the app or on your smart display. But unfortunately, you couldn’t change the colors of your smart ...

While the Sylvania A10 Smart+ Full Color bulb won’t replace our favorite A19 smart bulbs, it still stands as a sensible, no-hub choice for smart home bargain hunters. If you’re looking for an ...

I know some people think that a lot of smart home tech is frivolous, and some of it is, I’ll agree, but there are certain things that make daily life a little better. For example, I have security ...

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In every home I've had in the past decade, I've installed smart light bulbs. Over and over again, between four different apartments and one townhouse, I was impressed by how easy smart lights were to ...