Smarthome covers hubs, sensors, cameras, locks, lighting and the protocols underneath them, including Matter, Thread, Zigbee and Wi-Fi. Testing runs on a lived-in network with mixed brands, because that is where automations break. Suited to anyone assembling a system that must keep working without constant attention.
Cameras, sensors, plugs, locks and hubs tested on a real network, with plain answers about Matter, Thread and what stops responding after an update.
You can't turn off the wake word and keep the assistant — but you can delete the recordings, mute the mic on command, and decide who reviews what, in each platform's documented settings.
A retrofit smart lock keeps the existing deadbolt and key — renters get smarts without replacing hardware, landlords get codes they can expire remotely.
Change the admin password, apply the firmware update, kill WPS — the documented half-hour that closes the three openings attackers actually use on home routers.
The ecobee Smart Thermostat documents a remote sensor in the box and works without a C-wire in most homes — the two spec lines that decide a thermostat purchase.
A $25 motion sensor and a sunset schedule cover 90 percent of what smart lighting is for — the trick is setting activation conditions so lights don't blaze at 2 a.m.