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If you have an in-ground sprinkler system to water your yard or garden, upgrading to a smart controller is a good idea. Compared to a traditional irrigation controller’s tiny LCD screen, confusing ...

Automated sprinklers are convenient and will help you revive a dying lawn, but there’s nothing advanced about them. Once you set the sprinkler schedule, that’s it, there’s nothing more they can do.

Now you can control your smart home devices with gestures in addition to button presses. The Flic Duo delivers twice the ...

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If you’ve ever wanted to turn on your window or portable air conditioner before you got home—or simply without walking into another room—you might want to invest in a smart AC controller. These handy ...

The new plug-in version of Brilliant’s wired smart switch is simpler to install and just as easy to use. But still-limited integrations keep it from being truly brilliant. If you buy something from a ...

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My home is overrun with smart gadgets, and the main way I interact with them is through my smartphone. This is usually a robust way to control my gadgets, as my phone is never far from my side — ...

Mui’s long-gestating calm-tech board finally ships — and it’s a thoughtful, if very expensive, alternative to screens. One of the fun parts of being a tech journalist for over a decade is that ...