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Eufy Outdoor Pathway Lights E10 review: Walk this way
These colorful LED bollard lights deliver lots of innovations, but you get only 4 of them on a 50-foot string. Need a longer run? Buy another entire set.
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Ting Sensor with Fire Prevention Service review: Safety first
The subscription-based Ting smart plug warns you of electrical faults in your home that could spark a fire.
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Govee Skyline Kit review: Lovely floating LED accent lighting
This clever LED strip light attaches to a wire stretched between two opposing walls to produce a unique lighting design, but installing it will try your patience.
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EufyCam S3 Pro Kit review: Local storage means no subscription
This solar-powered system stores its two 4K cameras' recordings to a local network storage device, eliminating the need for a subscription for cloud services.
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Ecobee Smart Doorbell Camera (wired) review: A premium porch watcher
With this doorbell, Ecobee, maker of the exquisite Ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium, is one product category short of offering a great home security system.
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Leviton Decora Smart Z-Wave 800 review: It's OK to say no to Wi-Fi
If your smart home revolves around Z-Wave, Leviton’s latest dimmer and switch are the smart lighting controls to buy.
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Linkind Smart Solar Spotlight SL5C review: Light up your landscapenn
These impressive, smart, solar-powered LED landscape spotlights put typical solar lighting products to shame.
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Vivint Smart Home review: The best smart home system I've ever tested
There’s no DIY option for the initial installation, but you can add to this powerful system on your own after that.
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Lockin Veno 7 Pro review: This smart lock like feels like it’s still in beta
This ambitious smart lock may well bite off more than it can chew, with a mountain of features that don’t quite work perfectly.
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Linkind Matter Smart A19 Smart Bulb review: Bargain lights
With Matter support and a price tag that breaks down to about $5 a bulb, what’s not to like?
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Ring Outdoor Cam Plus review: Plus what?
This new indoor/outdoor security camera promises higher resolution than the 3rd-gen Ring Stick Up Cam, but you’ll need to squint to see the improvement.
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Tapo Smart Wi-Fi Wall Outlet Extender review: Flaw ahead!
Any surge protector will eventually wear out and fail to protect the devices plugged into it, but this one has no mechanism to warn you when that inevitability occurs.
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PureEdge Pure Smart TruColor A19 Smart Bulb review: Nope
This WiZ-compatible smart bulb delivers great color and lots of features, but its high price makes it difficult for us to recommend.
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PureEdge Pure Smart Wi-Fi Smart Remote Room Controller review
This musclebound light switch from PureEdge doesn’t just dim, it also controls scenes and color temperatures of WiZ-compatible bulbs and lighting fixtures.
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Eufy FamiLock S3 Max review: Lock, stock, and onboard video
This smart lock has a video screen to show who’s on the other side of the door, which is kind of useless if your door has a large window in it—like mine does.
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Lorex 2K Dual Lens Indoor Pan-Tilt Wi-Fi Security Camera review
The Lorex 2K Dual Lens Indoor Pan-Tilt Wi-Fi Security Camera is a feature-rich, versatile option that provides excellent coverage and privacy features. It's an deal choice for those who want a local storage-first option with PTZ capabilities.
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Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro review: Security cam, smart home hub in one
The Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro integrates a security cam, Matter controller, and Thread border router, but its Zigbee hub only works with Aqara's own devices.
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LIFX Luna smart lamp review: Drop a pop of color wherever you need it
This smart lighting solution works on the table or the wall, and it supports Matter over Wi-Fi, too.
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Eufy Wired Wall Light Cam S100 review: Pretty, but not powerful
This security cam/light combo isn’t as sophisticated as some, but it will blend in with your architecture better than more industrial-looking floodlight cameras.
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Annke CPT500 security cam review: Built for business, but useful at home
With sharp 3K video, AI tracking, and Power-over-Ethernet support, this camera delivers robust features for homeowners who can live with its industrial design.
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I tested a smart lock with facial recognition. It's a game changer
It's not the prettiest smart deadbolt, but you can open it with a PIN, a fingerprint, an Apple Home Key, or—most interestingly—entirely hands free with your face.
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Ring Battery Doorbell review: Easy, flexible, priced right
Packed with features that belie its budget price, the revamped Ring Battery Doorbell is tempting, but its best features will cost you.
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Tapo D225 Video Doorbell review: High value, low fashion
This Wi-Fi doorbell camera isn’t much to look at, but it’s packed with features, it’s affordably priced, and it doesn’t require a subscription.
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Aosu SolarCam P1 SE System review: A budget-priced winner
This inexpensive 2-cam system includes 32GB of local storage and integrated solar panels that keep the wireless camera’s batteries topped off.
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U-tec Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint Matter review: Now hear this?
The first Matter-enabled smart lock from U-tec arrives with the brand's familiar boxy design, plus an unwelcome addition: a too-noisy motor.
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Kwikset Halo Select review: Wi-Fi and Matter in a single smart lock
This compact lock gives you plenty of choice over how you connect to it, though each approach has its pros and cons.
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myQ Outdoor Camera review: The myQ ecosystem heads outdoors
The brand best known for its garage door controllers launches another camera, or rather, the same camera as last year, in an outdoor housing.
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Reolink Home Hub: Take control of your cameras and your cloud feed
If you own Reolink home security cameras, this network storage device eliminates the need for a subscription to store video in the cloud.
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Reolink Duo 3 WiFi review: Twin lenses and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity
The Wi-Fi counterpart to Reolink’s twin-lensed power-over-ethernet security camera delivers broad surveillance with an easy setup.
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Flic Twist smart button review: Let’s do the twist
While in some ways less versatile than its button sibling, the dial-equipped Flic Twist opens new ways to interact with your smart home gear.
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TCL D1 Max review: Smile for the smart lock
More than just another smart lock, the TCL D1 Max boasts an integrated a fingerprint reader and a video doorbell. But the resulting mashup is ultimately less than the sum of its parts.
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Tapo SolarCam C402 Kit review: An eco-friendly security solution
With solar power and a durable build, this camera delivers low-maintenance security for any outdoor space.
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These are the best smart home products of the year
As the year winds down, get the scoop on our favorite smart speakers and displays, thermostats, security cameras, video doorbells, lighting systems, and more.
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Philips 5000-series smart deadbolt review: To open, just scan the hand
This smart lock’s palm vein scanning is incredibly good, but it’s expensive and a pain to install.
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Flic Button review: One smart button to rule them all
Now with Matter support, the Flic ecosystem can control virtually anything under your roof—and under the sun.
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Wyze Duo Cam Doorbell review: One doorbell, two cameras
The second camera on this affordable video doorbell keeps tabs on delivered packages, while the primary lens is trained on visitors. nn
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TCL D1 Pro Palm Vein Smart Lock review: Talk to the hand
Smart home technology once in the realm of sci-fi becomes real with this smart deadbolt that scans your palm to unlock your door.
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LIFX Outdoor Permanent Lights review: Luxe lighting in the eaves
This luxurious lighting solution lets you ring your home with lights you never need to take down, but we were plagued with setup issues.
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Yale Code keypad lock review: Svelte & affordable, just not smart
The smart lock leader focused on price and ease of use to deliver this keypad deadbolt, which doesn't offer wireless connectivity.
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Eufy Outdoor Spotlights E10 review: A pop of color for the garden
These smart spotlights are easy to configure and provide dozens of fun lighting choices, but installation isn’t overly flexible.
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Defiant Smart Home Alarm Kit review: Just the basics
Home Depot’s Hubspace smart home ecosystem gets a security system—but only barely.
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Eufy Outdoor String Lights E10 review: Lighting up for even less
These smart string lights are some of the least expensive on the market, and they have some cool features, too. It’s too bad they don’t look great.
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Aqara Smart Lock U300 review: A lever lock for the smart home
Aqara’s latest smart entry lock replaces your doorknob, not your deadbolt, but buyers should wait for bug fixes.
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Arlo Home Security System review: Basic, but highly capable
Arlo has a highly capable home security system with innovative sensors, but don't buy one for its new AI detection features—at least not today.
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Baseus S1 Pro review: Solar-powered security gets smarter
This outdoor security camera bundle shines with solar panels that track the sun, cameras that capture video in crisp 3K resolution, and local network storage.
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This Brinks Electronic Deadbolt is tough, but it's not smart
This new and inexpensive lock provides access via PIN, fingerprint recognition, or physical key, but it doesn't have any type of wireless connectivity.
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Hampton Bay Permanent String Lights review: The value leader
This is one of the least expensive options we’ve seen, but it’s only available in 50-foot lengths and some scenarios will have you splicing wires.
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Arlo Wired Floodlight Camera review: Affordable security lighting
Arlo now has a wired floodlight camera to complement its excellent line of indoor and outdoor home security cameras and its basic home security system.
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Eufy Smart Lock E30 review: All that matters, apart from Matter
There’s plenty to like about Eufy’s latest smart lock, but its promised support for the Matter smart home standard seems to be a work in progress.
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