Miscellaneous articles, news, tips and tricks relating to smart home tech and home automation devices.
We tend to forget about the placement of our bring sensors and once they’ve been up for a while, but there’s actually plenty of good reasons why you’d want to move a Ring sensor after you’ve installed it. You might want to move your Ring sensors in order to improve the plan for your home … Read more
The Ring Alarm is a great tool for ensuring the security of your home. It helps protect most aspects of your home, most notably entryways – but what about your garage? After all, this is another way thieves can enter your home. One component of the Ring Alarm System, the Contact Sensors are advertised for … Read more
Ring’s line of sensors are a great way to upgrade the security of your home. They also had a lot of convenience and utility when it comes to automatically turning on lights and other smart devices. However, they can also be a bit of a pain because they have a bad reputation for falling off … Read more
Last month I setup a new Wi-Fi mesh system to improve my home’s Wi-Fi reach, but instead of keeping the same network name and password, I decided to move all my devices over to the new Wi-Fi details one-by-one. Overall this worked fairly well: I updated 2-3 devices a day, and after a few weeks, … Read more
The Ring Alarm System has become an indispensable tool in many smart homes. I mean, what’s not to love about the fact that you can set up your alarm system according to your own preferences, all while keeping your home safe? Now, when either purchasing one of the Ring Alarm kits, or each item separately … Read more
Smart homes are great, but sometimes it’s not always clear how to use smart devices to make your home more Christmasy. This video covers five simply ways that you can use common smart devices to smarten up your Christmas. The individual sections of the video are at the timestamps below: 0:00 – Intro 0:19 – … Read more
I’ve spoken before about how I prefer Ethernet (network cable) to Wi-Fi. This is for a number of reasons: to prevent Wi-Fi jamming, to avoid having to re-enter Wi-Fi passwords all the time, and for better reliability. So when I recently ran out of free Ethernet ports on my home’s router, I grimaced… but I … Read more
Smart plugs are one of the best additions to smart ecosystems everywhere. Not only do these bring basic smart features to older devices, but they also open up new doors for people innovating in what smart technology means and how it interacts with our lives. This leaves us with one big question. Is there a … Read more
No one likes a lot of clutter – unless of course, you’re one of those hoarder folks. But in general, most people don’t like clutter or extra, unnecessary stuff. This includes extra tech. We all want our smart homes to be streamlined, well-oiled machines as it were, and don’t want to deal with things that … Read more
In the world of smart home manufacturers, companies such as Ring, Wyze, and Google Nest, just to name a few, often receive the most recognition. However, there are others who may not be as popular, who are just as notable. One such brand is Hive. Hive is a trademark company owned by Centrica Hive Limited … Read more