Pickr 2022 Holiday Gift Guide: New Parents
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The house is barely just a house anymore, but more of a smart home. Thanks to sensors, lighting, security cameras, smart speakers, and more, the home of today can be a connected smart home that does more than let you live there.
Pickr covers smart home technology, exploring IoT, Matter, HomeKit, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and more, with smart home news, reviews, and how to articles to help explore the smart home for readers.
IKEA adds a floor lamp to Sonos Symfonisk speakers
Basically a Symfonisk on stilts, there's a new speaker on the way for Sonos systems that can also light up your…
Philips Hue HDMI Sync Box reviewed: colour your room at a cost
If you've already upgraded the sound and screen at home, the Philips Hue HDMI Sync Box gives you that little bit…
Panasonic’s $499 Rice Cooker reviewed
Rice cookers can help make a boring task easy without taking too much time, but with the Panasonic SR-HL151 rice…
Focal turns over a stone of sound in Littora speakers
Outdoor speakers are probably very portable in your life, but if you're making the home fancy, Focal's approach…
Philips Hue sparkles, shines with Festavia smart lights
Christmas lights haven't quite received the smart home treatment yet, but that could be changing, as Philips…
Arlo Go 2 4G WiFi reviewed: for home and to-go
Security cameras at home are typically for one place, but what if they're not? The Arlo Go 2 4G makes the case…
Alexa gets a new voice (but only if you want to)
Amazon's talking virtual assistant has a new Aussie voice, with a choice for owners of an Echo speaker now…
Owlet turns to AI for round two of its baby cam
Keeping tabs on the bub is coming together with machine learning, as Owlet's latest nursery cam works out the…
Dyson ups the suction on stick vacs with Gen5detect
We're beyond motor numbers it seems, as Dyson goes beyond the V15 with a faster vacuum, coming in the Gen5detect…