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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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Security camera subscriptions: Which plans offer the best value?
Most home security cameras and video doorbells require a paid subscription plan to deliver their full value. Find out how much one costs and how they rate.
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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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Hampton Bay Landscape Floodlight review: Home Depot is learning
Home Depot now offers a floodlight cousin to its landscape spotlights, and it has a far superior design in at least one respect.
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Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights 2 review: All-year holiday cheer
This upgraded, permanently mounted lighting system means no more trips up the ladder to install holiday lights.
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Reolink Battery Doorbell review: This video doorbell sees it all
With a head-to-toe view of your doorstep, you'll never miss a person or a package.
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Tapo P400M Smart Wi-Fi Outdoor Plug review: Now with Matter
This compact outdoor plug looks good and is compatible with just about any smart home ecosystem you might want to build around.
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Enbrighten Eternity Lights review: One-and-done holiday lighting
If you hate clambering up and down ladders to change your outdoor holiday lighting for every season, you’ll dig this permanently installed DIY solution.
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SwitchBot Pan/Tilt Cam Plus 3K review: 4th-gen, but little better
This pan/tilt camera’s video quality is better than ever, but the rest of its hardware—and its problematic app—sometimes render it unusable.
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Aqara Hub M3 review: Zigbee, Matter and Thread, still no Z-Wave
The Zigbee pioneer further expands its smart home horizons to embrace nearly all the latest smart home platforms, but we see some growing pains, too.
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Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam review: Decidedly unambitious
Ring users finally get a genuine indoor pan/tilt security camera, but we expected a lot more for the price.
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LIFX SuperColor Ceiling review: Smart lighting, overhead
This permanent smart lighting fixture’s best feature is how easily it can be installed.
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Baseus N1 review: This security camera could be smarter
This new outdoor security camera is a solid start, but limited motion detection and some image blurring keep it from being all it can be.
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Safemo Set P1 review: Solar-powered, privacy-minded security
This two-camera kits promises continuous surveillance with an emphasis on privacy.
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Eufy Security Indoor Cam review: Affordable AI-powered security
With onboard AI and local storage, there's no need to buy a cloud subscription for this budget-priced, pan/tilt camera.
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Reolink Argus 4 Pro review: Wide-angle surveillance
If you have a large home or property, this camera has you covered.
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Swann MaxRanger4K Solar Security System review: Atypical
This camera-and-hub security system is (mostly) powered by the sun, and its unusual 900MHz wireless radios endow it with incredible range.
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ioPool Eco Start Water Monitor review: Real-time pool conditions
This smart-home device reports on your pool’s condition every 15 minutes, but you’ll need to learn some new chemistry to master it.
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Yale Approach Lock with Wi-Fi + Keypad review: This is easier?
This retrofit smart lock took more time to install than a full replacement, but it at least preserved the aesthetic of the hardware on the exterior side of my door.
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Nanoleaf Outdoor String Lights review: A simpler string light
These smart lights aren’t as colorful as the competition, but they win bonus points for their long length and low price.
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Eufy Video Smart Lock S330 review: This lock does it all
Not content to offer just another smart lock, Eufy stuffed a rechargeable battery, fingerprint reader, touchscreen keypad, and a video doorbell into this deadbolt.
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Abode Smart Lock review: This retrofit left us with reservations
We dig the large rechargeable battery that powers this smart lock, but our initial experience left us wondering about Abode’s quality control for the first time.
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Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 review: Tops in surveillance, lighting
Eufy’s excellent floodlight cam has twin high-res cameras, local storage, an option to add terabytes of network storage, and genuinely optional cloud storage.
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LIFX SuperColor Spot review: Smart, colorful landscape lighting
You’ll need to rethink the way your outdoor lighting works with LIFX's new landscape spotlight, but it may be worth it.
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LIFX SuperColor Smart Light A21 review: Big and bright
Bright, easy to install, compliant with Matter, and packed with features, the LIFX SuperColor Smart Light A21 makes for a compelling smart bulb, even if it’s a tad heavy and chunky.
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