July 7, 2026
IKEA is launching 21 Matter products with bulbs from $5. What's in the lineup, how it works with Apple, Google and Alexa, and why the pricing matters.
Alexa+ and Gemini for Home replaced their assistants' brains this year. How the two LLM assistants compare in practice, and which suits your home.
The CES 2026 smart home announcements that will actually reach your home: Matter going mainstream, AI in everything, and the products worth watching.
What Prime Day 2026 revealed about smart home pricing: which categories discount hardest, typical price floors, and how to time your next purchase.
Matter 1.5 brings cameras, video doorbells and intercoms into the standard. What the spec adds, which devices support it, and what changes for buyers.
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