HomeSecurityGearLab – Informed Advice and Product Reviews
Make your house a smart home – we provide easy-to-understand guides to every smart device we think you’ll truly benefit from.
Smart home sensors give you peace of mind that when something goes wrong at home – whether that’s a fire or a flood – you’ll hear about it on your phone. When you first think about a smoke detector, you probably imagine a powered box on your ceiling, just out of reach on your least safe …
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Tech can smarten up almost any gadget that you have lying around the home, even fridges, but four categories have emerged as the most popular places to start, and for very good reason: they’re all useful, and they all offer something genuinely new when compared to their ‘dumb’ predecessors. None should be seen as working in …
Smart doorbells mean you don’t have to run before the delivery agent has sped off, and you don’t even have to be at home to answer the door. Smart doorbells are really a variant of the smart camera, but one that replaces your doorbell, so instead of ringing a bell – which you may or may …
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In a sci-fi movie, we take it as read that when the disgruntled space-cop walks into a room they just need to say ‘lights’ to trigger illumination, or when the starship captain has brought an alien woman back to show her some more of this Earth thing called kissing, he can order the computer to …
One of the most frustrating things about Wi-Fi is how vulnerable the signal is to interference or obstruction. Rather than stand next to the router, laptop in hand, you can improve performance with a smarter router and some simple tricks. Everything from brick walls to other Wi-Fi devices can seriously deplete your Wi-Fi from the 50m (160ft) …
Digital assistants are taking over US, British, Canadian and Australian homes. Chances are you or someone you know has had a recent conversation with Siri, Apple’s virtual helper, or Alexa, Amazon’s version. In fact, there are now four AI voice assistants available – Microsoft’s Cortana is less well-known, but Google Assistant is also a big player. So for …
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With your smart home surveillance camera in place so you can keep a close eye on anyone approaching your home, the next step is to extend control to access with smart door locks. Smart door locks mean you cannot only use them when you arrive at the door itself, but through an app on your smartphone …
Gone are the days where in-house CCTV will cost you thousands of dollars and leave you with wires spread all over your house. With the emergence of smart home security cameras, you can be your home’s own watchdog ready to catch any action at the ding of a notification. The affordability and mobility of these new security …
Security is an area of the home in which smart technology is increasingly playing a role – and there are a number of advantages to protecting yours using a smart home security system. Everyone takes a different approach to home security; some say they don’t want a viable alarm because it implies there are valuables …
From security to cinema rooms, I explain the options available, when to call a smart home specialist and why it pays to plan for a smart home before you start work on site. There are an increasing – and sometimes overwhelming – number of options now available to make our homes smarter, from a host of …
