Smart plugs are a smart home staple for automating lamps, desk fans (or any other small appliances) quickly, easily and without spending much money. They add a ton of convenience and allow you to ...

Smart plugs help you add some intelligence to home appliances that don't have built-in Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity. With these little intermediaries between your wall outlet and your appliance, ...

The Meross Matter Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini makes for an affordable Matter-compliant smart plug, but offers only the bare minimum of features. Compact and Matter-compatible as advertised, the Meross ...

Insert the Meross Smart WiFi Plug Mini into a wall socket and you can control it from anywhere in the world. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The Meross Smart WiFi Plug Mini is an inexpensive and ...

This smart plug works much better with Apple HomeKit than Meross’s own app, but the latter is required for several important functions. In my recent review, I found Meross’ outdoor Wi-Fi smart plug to ...

Smart plugs can bring new life to older electrical devices by allowing you to control power to lights, printers, and sound bars with ease. Smart plugs are the perfect smart home devices for beginners ...

At CES 2020 earlier this year, Belkin debuted a new Wemo WiFi Smart Plug with HomeKit support in an ultra-compact design. As with most CES announcements, the accessory was teased at the time, rather ...

Setting up a smart home can seem pretty daunting. But Samsung’s SmartThings line of products is designed to be a one-stop shop for all of your smart devices, giving you control from just one app. The ...

The evolution of the smart home doesn’t always mean a new network for devices to connect or a brand-new smart speaker with a new microphone array. Sometimes evolutions come in the form of ...

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