Michael Brown

Solar panel kits eliminate the need to remove battery wands for charging, or to plug in cables to recharge internal batteries for the company’s motorized shades.

Home Depot now offers a floodlight cousin to its landscape spotlights, and it has a far superior design in at least one respect.

The home-improvement retailer also debuted permanent holiday lights, a home security system, and a network-connected chest freezer.

This window air conditioner will keep mid-sized rooms comfortably cool without driving your electric bill through the roof, and it’s Matter-certified, too.

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.

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.

Level achieved Matter certification way back in March, 2024. The firmware update to enable it is finally rolling out today—sort of.

The new Echo Spot is neither the best smart speaker nor the best smart display. But that’s why it's so great—it fulfills its niche exceedingly well.

A video doorbell is great protection for your doors, but what about the rest of your home? That’s where security cameras come into play. The bigger, badder cousins of video doorbells, their presence on the exterior of your home can be an even better crime deterrent, simply because they’re a more obvious visual indicator that your property is being surveilled. Indoor security cameras, meanwhile, will serve as a second line of defense. They can also identify the source of weird sounds you hear i…

There's no better time than Black Friday to enhance your home's security profile.