This compact, weather-resistant camera punches well above its weight, particularly if you sign up for a Blink subscription.
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Exclusive: ‘In the long term we don’t really see smart products as a segment at all.’

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying – and mostly failing – to test Ikea’s new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devices include programmable buttons, smart bulbs, plugs, and temperature and motion sensors – all of which should work with any smart home platform and start at just $6. But I’ve hit […]
The best-selling Ring Battery Doorbell has changed how I monitor my home, and over 10,000 people have bought it this month – it can be yours for just $59.99.
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Amazon has announced that its generative AI-powered digital assistant Alexa Plus is now available to all Prime members in the US via any Alexa-enabled device, Alexa.com, and the Alexa mobile app. If you don’t have Prime, you can access the assistant on a new free tier on the web and app, or pay $20 a […]
One of IKEA’s most popular products has had a glow-up – I got the low-down on the new-look donut lamp.
It might be from 2022, but this robot vacuum and mop is still a very capable set-and-forget cleaning powerhouse that you can get for a massive 64% discount, thanks to a competitive market.
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Let’s be honest: trying to get an entire household to agree on a fitness routine is usually a recipe for disaster. It often feels like trying to solve a puzzle where the pieces keep changing shape. You have adults balancing the stress of work and the e…
The robot vacuum category has two types of products: the ones you babysit, and the ones that actually remove work from your week. A self-empty model is the line between those two experiences. The bObsweep Bio Auto-Empty Robot Vacuum & Mop is $239.9…

As The Verge’s resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don’t have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always getting clogged or running out of battery – they’re so… manual. But then I met PencilVac Fluffycones, Dyson’s new […]