Apple announces a new Home app for HomeKit
Apple announced its new app Home for controlling HomeKit at WWDC 2016.
Say what you will, voice control is the future of home automation
Voice control makes commanding your smart home easier, so is it the future?
Once something you only saw on ‘Top Chef,’ sous vide hits shelves at Target, Best Buy
You can now buy an Anova sous vide cooker at Target and Best Buy.
DC runs your gadgets, so why not your house? This DC dwelling dares to try
NextHome, from NextEnergy, is a home that runs on AC and DC current.
Hands on: Braun BrewSense, MultiQuick, and PureMix
After phasing out its small appliances in 2008, Braun is bringing them back to the market with the BrewSense coffee maker, MultiQuick immersion blender, and PureMix countertop blender.
Withings’ Body Cardio keeps tabs on your ticker with a new metric of heart health
The Withings Body Cardio Scale measures your pulse wave velocity, a component of heart health.
When Dyson makes a hair dryer, it’s going to be quiet, powerful, and pricey
Dyson put a lot of tech into its $399 Supersonic hair dryer, its first foray into the beauty tech world.
Meet Triby, a kid-friendly fridge speaker with Alexa inside (but no Amazon badge)
Alexa comes out to play in the first non-Amazon device, the Triby. The speaker is kid-friendly but audiophiles may not love it.
Fermenting homebrewed beer just got a whole lot easier with Whirlpool’s Vessi
Whirlpool is bringing its Vessi Fermentor to homebrewers on Indiegogo.
The Aquanta turns your dumb water heater smart to save energy, H2O, and money
Turn your existing water heater smart with the Aquanta, a device that knows when you need hot water.
Knocki surpasses its Kickstarter goal in a little more than an hour
Using a series of knocks, you can use Knocki to turn the lights off, arm your alarm system, or find your lost smartphone.
Roost put its smart battery into a four-in-one smoke alarm
The Roost smoke alarm adds the smart battery to a device that detects fire, smoke, CO, and natural gas.
Behold! This cabinet transforms into a full-size, sensuously steamy sauna
Klafs makes saunas, including the S1, which extends and retracts in 20 seconds and is about the size of a closet.
LG wants you to cook like the pros with its new line of ovens
By moving the heating element from the bottom to the wall, LG says its new ProBake Convection line of ovens are more like commercial ranges and will deliver similar results.
Just because you can use Siri to open your August lock doesn’t mean you will
August unveiled a new HomeKit compatible smart lock that you can unlock with Siri.
A disappearing sink and more badass kitchens from Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week featured some truly futuristic kitchen tech, like a gesture-controlled sink and a 6mm-thick table that keeps your food warm.
Crispy Rice Cooker lets you push a button and walk away
Ever had tahdig? It's a traditional Iranian dish where the rice turns crispy on the bottom of the pot. It's a bit labor-intensive, but the Crispy Rice Cooker lets you make it by pushing a button and walking away.
Sears is looking to solve practical problems with its new smart-home line
Get ready to see some smart-home Father's Day ads. Sears recently announced a new line of smart-home products from Kenmore, Craftsman, and DieHard. Its smart air conditioner is already on the market.
This smart food dispenser lets you take your cat obsession to a whole new level
Worried about leaving your kitty alone for a weekend away? Catspad is a smart food and water dispenser for cats.
Weight, weight, don’t tell me: This mirror scans your body for better fitness data
Naked Labs' took body-scanning mirror pairs with a scale to give you all kinds of details about your body, and 3D images to show gradual change.
Looing on the edge: These toilets have spectacular views
Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide is a new guidebook from Lonely Planet with some amazing pictures of potties from around the world.
When you live in a 309 sq. ft. apartment, the bathtub doubles as a couch
When you live in 309 sq. ft., you have to sacrifice dreams of a full-sized kitchen or home theater. But this transformable apartment that fits it all in.
This smart mattress that knows if your spouse is cheating on you can’t be real, right?
The Smarttress, supposedly from Spanish mattress company Durmet, may or may not be a hoax.
Got cats, pollen, dust mites? Sprimo scrubs your air and tells you what’s in it
How’s your air quality? The Sprimo smart air purifier has sensors to tell you what you’re breathing in.
Can’t be bothered to keep your water pitcher full? GE’s new fridge does it for you
The GE Autofill Pitcher is a magnet-based system that fills up with water (and doesn't overflow) whenever you slot it back in the fridge. It provides the same filtered water you normally get from a ice and water dispenser.
How this 18th-century English barn transformed into a modern smart home
The Ancient Party Barn was derelict, having been built in the 18th century. Now it's been brought it into the modern era by adding some smart features.
This architect’s custom Lego room is straight from your childhood dreams
Architect Jeff Pelletier loved playing with Legos so much as a kid that he became an architect. He made a whole room to house his crazy collection.
Gourmia’s coffee maker will make any kind of single-cup capsule you throw at it
Gourmia is relatively new to the small appliance space, but they showed some interesting ones at the International Home + Housewares Show,
A software bug caused Nest users to wake up to drained batteries, chilly homes
An bug in a December software update left Nest thermostats with drained batteries in early January. The connected thermostats required a manual fix.
Hands on: Audiobooks.com for Apple TV
There are a few reasons why you might want to listen to an audiobook on your TV, and the Audiobooks.com Apple TV app lets you accomplish that. Just don’t expect Siri to help.
You may want to curl up inside these cat houses designed by architects
Architects for Animals held a competition for architect-designed cat house. Proceeds from an auction benefit FixNation, which spays and neuters strays.
This trick takes your oven from greasy to glistening in under an hour
Cleaning the oven is never fun, but this video from Cleverly shows you a trick that gets the job done in under an hour.
Alpod aluminum pod homes are headed for Hong Kong
The Alpod is a tiny portable home made of aluminum that can be stacked, so you could take your home with you when you move.
Brawn over beauty: This concrete house typifies the Brutalist movement
Located in Belgium, the Van Wassenhove House is made of concrete and is an example of the Brutalist Movement, which favored rugged design over beauty.