Turning your TV into a Smart TV is easy You don’t need to purchase a Smart TV to have a Smart Home, you can easily create a Smart TV from any television with a few creative methods. Whilst Smart TVs are now cheap, why buy a new one when you can just upgrade your current
As someone who’s set up probably around 50 TVs for family and friends who want to make their Dumb TV a Smart TV, I can safely say Roku is a very popular choice to do this, especially when the content could be frowned upon. Roku is great because it works as a device that allows
Having your Amazon Alexa device is fun for the first hours, but it eventually becomes another household tool, however, you can do more than just turn your lights on with your Alexa Device. If you want something to do, try finding some Easter Eggs or playing some Games on your Alexa Device, they’re surprisingly fun!
CES 2021 has been the most exciting thing to keep an eye on since the Christmas sales, especially with Covid moving the Las Vegas trade show directly to our screens at home. I’ll be linking every live stream that we’ve seen so far on CES2021, so you can catch everything specifically for Smart Homes that
This is a review of the Twinkly Music extension for Twinkly Christmas Smart Lights, I highly suggest you read over our review of those Twinkly Strings before reading the review for this. What is the Twinkly Music Addon? Twinkly Music is a USB addon that allows you to wirelessly control your Twinkly Lights via music
If you’ve been following today’s announcements, you will have seen that Amazon has shown off its new spherical Echo device as well as a new Zigbee Smart Home Hub Wi-Fi 6 Router. It’s a mouthful but there’s a reason why this is good news! The Eero Pro 6 is a Triband router which actually offers
If you grew up as a 90s kid, you undoubtably saw Rodriguez’ Movie “Spy Kids”, an absolute favourite of mine as a kid with an expansive interest in cool gadget tech. But now, in 2020, is that becoming less of a dream and more of a reality? Google Glass really was a big hitter in
Optimising your energy bill should be a top priority as a Smart Home user, you want to keep your house warm but not spend more money? A Z-Wave thermostat is the way to do it. Using the latest technology you can create a system which detects the temperature in your house and automatically turns your
Before we Zigin… There are two main protocols for any Smart Home, these are Zigbee and Z-Wave. There’s a lot of debate on which is the best option, but in this post, I will break down what this technology is, how it’s used and why it’s good/bad. This will be quite an intensive look into
2020 Roomba Comparison breakdown The iRobot Roomba is amazing for those of us who are lazy, it vacuums, entertains your kids and pets and can be left to its own devices. How Much Internet Speed Does Your Smart Home Need? Home Automation for Dummies There are multiple brands of the iRobot (Or Smart Robot), some
This is a brief breakdown of the Best Smart Home Devices of 2020 (At least so far). I will rank and break these down as best as I can but if you want more information on these, keep this page bookmarked or shared so you can refer back! 2020 is going to be a big
