Category: home
Oh no, I might actually want LG’s infuriatingly adorable AI robot smart home hub
We were expecting robots, smart home, and AI to be big at the IFA 2024 trade show… and LG has delivered by combining all three into one new product that’s going to be released in the first half of 2025 in South Korea. It’s an adorable little two-wheeled bot with…
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Shhh – KitchenAid’s new coffee machines can brew up to 40 hot and cold drinks, and they’re whisper quiet
KitchenAid has just revealed a new range of coffee makers that can brew 50 different hot and cold drinks, all without waking up your sleeping partner. Some coffee machines can reach 70 decibels (dB) during grinding and brewing (the same as a washing machine), but all models in the KitchenAid…
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Is your 4th-gen Nest Thermostat too dim? Google is adding brightness controls
Google has a brand new 4th-gen Nest Learning Thermostat on sale, but those who have already bought the smart home device are finding the display to be a little too dim at times – something that Google is apparently going to fix. This comes from a report at 9to5Google, which…
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Ring’s new video doorbell offers premium features for an entry-level price
Ring has launched a new entry-level battery-operated video doorbell with features like full-height video that you’d previously only find in much more expensive models. In terms of specs, the new Ring Battery Doorbell is similar to the Ring Battery Doorbell Plus, which launched last year. That includes head-to-toe HD video…
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Google Home’s new interface is rolling out now, and you don’t need the latest hardware to get it
There’s good news for Google Home users – a new interface is rolling out right now, and it’s not just for people who invest in the Google Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) that the company unveiled last week. We got our first glimpse of the redesigned Google Home app a…
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Apple’s secret, rumored robot project might have one thing going for it – it’ll be cheaper than Vision Pro
Rumors that Apple is hard at work on a home table-top robot persist, with the latest report estimating the potential price of this animated bot at somewhere around $1,000. According to a new report in Bloomberg, Apple has hundreds of people working on the project, with most of them led…
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