Much of the production process follows what Xiaomi describes as “lights-out” manufacturing. Injection molding and sheet metal workshops are fully automated and operate without lighting, with reported ...

If you’re starting your first smart home, one question comes up more than almost any other: “Do I need a hub or a smart speaker to control my smart-home devices?” The short answer: not always. The ...

Apple’s long-rumored smart home hub, codenamed J490 and dubbed the “HomePad,” is a square-screen hybrid of iPad and HomePod powered by an A18 chip The hub is designed around Face ID and on-device ...

We’ve been tracking rumors about Apple’s push into the smart home market for years, but we’ve yet to see anything come to fruition beyond a new Home app architecture. That may be about to change very ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development and implementation of a smart home automation system for residential buildings, utilizing the Home Assistant platform and various IoT devices. The system ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach to home automation utilizing the MQTT protocol. The system is implemented using an ESP32 node and a Node-RED server running on a Raspberry Pi, allowing ...

Trading all of your home tech and appliances in for smart home gear is supposed to make your life easier, automating tasks and making it possible for you to control everything with your phone. But ...