Microinverter maker Enphase Energy introduces a wireless thermostat that lets people track solar panel production and manage home heating and cooling from a PC or smart phone. Martin LaMonica is a ...

Expensive upfront costs Fundamentally alters your home. There are a lot of different reasons why you might want a whole-home backup battery. Perhaps you lose power frequently. You might be expecting ...

The turbulence of the past two years has driven home the point that the unexpected can happen at any moment, causing many people to re-assess their own home preparedness. The scenario that you’re most ...

The main page of the Google Home app no longer looks familiar. Ben Brown, the product lead on the app, showed me a demo at Google's headquarters. He opened the app, hit a button, and the nearby lights ...

Lumin Smart Panel integration provides Sunnova Adaptive Home™ customers with whole-home backup, extended battery life, and energy savings through intelligent load management. The Sunnova Adaptive ...

Power stations have quickly become one of the more popular products we test. It’s easy to see why: They offer silent operation and easy to move to wherever you need power. Their rising popularity has ...

I mostly control smart home devices via Siri, and even Steph has become a convert to the idea since we got HomePods. But while both Siri and the Home app make things very simple for us, things are ...

A new Home View and a bit of ‘jiggle mode’ make the HomeKit app more usable, but there’s still a long way to go Apple’s Home app has always felt like an afterthought. Probably because it was. Apple ...

The new plug-in version of Brilliant’s wired smart switch is simpler to install and just as easy to use. But still-limited integrations keep it from being truly brilliant. If you buy something from a ...

Consumers are moving away from fossil fuels, selecting induction cooktops over gas stoves, heat pumps over gas furnaces, and electric vehicles over traditional models, increasing the demand for ...