Smart Home Archive

This $300 hybrid robovac comes with a self-empyting docking station

Emma RothJan 6

Richard LawlerJan 6

Now there’s really no excuse for leaving the refrigerator door open.

As Jen Tuohy demonstrates, Samsung’s new Family Hub lineup can use voice control to close the refrigerator door, in addition to a slew of other AI-enabled features.

Ecovacs adds a mop cover to its flagship robot vacuum

Jennifer Pattison TuohyJan 6

Terrence O'BrienJan 6

Eve’s first smart thermostat for the US supports Matter-over-Thread.

In addition, the Eve Thermostat works without an internet connection and doesn’t require any sort of additional subscription — something that is depressingly rare these days. Otherwise, it offers all the usual stuff you’d expect, including app and voice control, automations, and scheduling, for $129.95.

Eve Thermostat mounted to a millennial gray wall.

Is that more of a millennial gray or a sad beige?

Image: Eve

LG’s CLOiD robot can load the washer for you, slowly

Emma RothJan 5

Bosch’s fancy coffee machine is getting Alexa Plus

Jennifer Pattison TuohyJan 5

LG’s CLOiD robot rolls into CES.

The household robot made its debut at the company’s CES 2026 press conference, rolling onto the stage and giving a ponderous demo of putting a towel into a laundry machine.

The sizable wheeled robot used its articulating arms and huge hands to perform the action and talked to the audience about its technology and capabilities, using human-like hand gestures to emphasize its words.

Keep your home warm with the Google Nest Learning Thermostat, now only $230

Barbara KrasnoffJan 5

Anker adds features and style to its smart home security

Barbara KrasnoffJan 5

Thomas RickerJan 5

Anker teases whole home battery backup.

These are the boxes that’ll make up its new Solix E10, aka “the world’s first smart hybrid whole home backup solution.” What that means, exactly, won’t be known until the launch event on January 12th. I’m seeing stackable battery expansion and an inverter as you’d expect, an inlet box and smart panel to tap directly into your home’s circuitry, and what looks like a gas-powered generator like EcoFlow sells.

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