A Smart Innovation at IFA Wants to Light Your Home With All-New Sensor Combos

Aqara is expanding from the home security world into smart lighting, and the results could challenge popular brands like Govee.

This NAS company wants to run your local smart home
This NAS company wants to run your local smart home

Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home – in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one system, managed by a […]

Aqara goes all in on smart lighting
Aqara goes all in on smart lighting

After showing off several smart home firsts at CES, Aqara has returned to IFA with a major lineup of smart lighting compatible with both Zigbee and Thread. One of these new devices is the Floor Lamp T1, which trades the look of a typical lamp for an LED-equipped pole attached to a base. The lamp […]

‘You can really unleash a lot of creativity’: Philips Hue founder George Yianni explains why its AI upgrades will be genuinely useful and ‘a bit of a game changer’
‘You can really unleash a lot of creativity’: Philips Hue founder George Yianni explains why its AI upgrades will be genuinely useful and ‘a bit of a game changer’

The brand’s founder and CTO explains why artificial intelligence and home lighting are a perfect fit, and what he’s most excited about next.

SwitchBot’s retrofit door lock offers 19 ways to unlock it
SwitchBot’s retrofit door lock offers 19 ways to unlock it

SwitchBot has launched a new retrofit smart lock that gives owners multiple ways to enter European homes without a traditional key. Announced at IFA today, the SwitchBot Lock Ultra Max Vision Pro Combo provides multi-user entry and up to 19 ways to unlock doors, including fingerprint scans, passcodes, NFC card access, contactless authentication via facial […]

How Sonos rebooted itself
How Sonos rebooted itself

Today, I’m talking with Tom Conrad, the CEO of Sonos. Tom and I have known each other for a long time — he was the chief technology officer of Pandora, VP of product at Snap, and the chief product officer of Quibi. He was also on the board at Sonos during its disastrous 2024 app […]