Smart Home Upgrades Explained: Which Devices Deliver Real Value and Which Ones You Can Skip

Smart Home Upgrades Explained: Which Devices Deliver Real Value and Which Ones You Can Skip

The smart home market keeps expanding, and so does the pile of gadgets promising to make daily life easier. Some deliver real savings and convenience. Others cost hundreds more than a standard version and add little beyond a phone app. Sorting the two matters because prices span from about twenty dollars for a plug to […]

Can Google Home Control Multiple Devices at Once?

Yes. Google Home can turn on two smart devices with one command or automation. It can control more than two as well, provided each device is connected to Google Home and supports the action you request. The phrase “at once” needs one qualification. Google Home can send a shared instruction to several devices, but they […] The post Can Google Home Turn On Two Smart Devices at Once? appeared first on Editorialge.

Make a Smart Home – The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine, Issue 167 @rpimagazine

The Raspberry Pi Official Magazine – Issue 167 covers how to make a smart home, controlling electronic devices from one place. We’re here to even out the future. At least even it out within the domain of your home. We can add control to the uncontrolled and bring other bits together into one unified platform. In this article, we’re going to automate our own smart home. We’ll use a Raspberry Pi as a controller, we’ll add some off-the-shelf hardwa…