Buying Smart Locks in 2026 – Make Sure It Has THIS
The new Aliro smart lock standard and the killer feature your next lock should have.
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Smart Home Guide 2026 – What to Buy, Platform Updates & More!
Matter Devices, New Smart Locks, Which Platforms We Recommend and Cool Devices to Consider.
2 months ago
iPad Mini vs. iPad Air – Which Should You Buy?
We’ll take you through when to go for a Mini and when to go for the Air.
2 months ago
Android isn’t an open platform for Play Store downloads yet.
Even though The Verge’s headline here is somewhat confusing, Google is, in fact, still going to charge developers App Store fees globally, just slightly less than the current 30%. There will still be fees even if App Developers use their own billing system.
2 months ago
Aqara adds support for Samsung’s new Digital Home Key for its U400 door lock
More locks should support this, according to Samsung’s press release, but once again, Aqara seems to beat everyone to release.
2 months ago
2 months ago
If you didn’t like the Nothing Phone 3’s design, the 4a might be your jam.
Especially the pink color, it looks sick. More details to come on March 5th.
2 months ago
There are noticably fewer perks to pre-ordering the Samsung S26 phones this year.
Unlike last year, there’s no free storage upgrade (likely because of price increases), no trade-in option for the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro, and prices have gone up for the base S26 and S26 Plus.
2 months ago
Think Ring’s Search Party feature went too far? Get ready for facial recognition coming to Meta’s Smart Glasses.
According to a report from the NYT, Meta is planning to launch a dystopian facial recognition feature called “Name Tag” that would let Meta Smart Glasses wearers identify people out in the wild and have Meta’s AI provide more information about them to the user. Taking an incredibly nihilistic viewpoint, the company cited the political tumult in the United States as the perfect time to launch the feature.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Quick Share-AirDrop interoperability is coming to more Android phones.
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that phones other than the Pixel 10 series will receive the ability to use Quick Share to wirelessly share files with Apple devices.
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google Home ads support for buttons!
As reported by The Verge, Google Home users can now take advantage of all the new low-cost IKEA smart home buttons. We’ll definitely have more to say about this in our upcoming smart home videos out later in the month!
3 months ago
3 months ago
Claude Code could be the key to fixing your smart home.
After reading this piece by the wonder Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge, I’m more bullish on AI’s ability to fix people’s smart homes. Highly recommend this read.
3 months ago
Here’s our first impression of an Ultra-Wideband-Enabled Smart Lock.
Here’s the lock on Amazon if you want to check its price or learn more:
3 months ago
Yeah, Aqara’s U400 Smart Lock with UWB is pretty good.
If the Aliro standard wasn’t coming out this year, ultra-wideband unlocking tech on iPhones would make a lot of users switch away from Android. I’m one week in, and I'm never going back to other smart locks.
— Josh Teder (@joshteder.bsky.social) January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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3 months ago
Didn’t have this on our 2026 bingo card: Apple is taking on Adobe’s Creative Suite.
Apple Creator Studio launches on January 28th.
Apple is aggressively taking on Adobe with a new subscription offering. And given how popular Macs are and how much better Apple's pricing is here, I think this poses a pretty big risk to Adobe. And you can still buy Apple's apps individually as one-time purchases! 😀
— Josh Teder (@joshteder.bsky.social) January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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3 months ago
Yes, we pre-ordered a Clicks Communicator to review.
Out of all the gadgets that launched at CES this year, this is the one that piqued our interest the most.
4 months ago
Roborock has an answer to one of the main problems with robotic vacuums.
Cleaning the stairs. Shown off at CES 2026, their new prototype can not only traverse from one floor of your home to another, but it can also stop to clean the stairs as well. You can read more about it in the company’s blog post, which also discusses its first-ever robotic lawn mower.
