Sensors tell the thermostat where you are in the house and automatically adjust heating or cooling. As for savings, it varies by thermostat, the size of your home, local climate, occupancy, and other ...

If you're looking for one of the best automated smart thermostats on the market, your choice comes down to the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) and the Ecobee Premium Smart Thermostat. Here's how ...

That means you can use it to tie together your Aqara kit and it will also play nicely with third-party Matter and Thread gear ...

There’s no DIY option for the initial installation, but you can add to this powerful system on your own after that.

Whether you're upgrading your entire setup or just getting started, these smart home devices for energy efficiency are ...

The smart home company is also opening its ecosystem ... The facial recognition trigger is added to Apple Home as a virtual “occupancy sensor,” according to Aqara. Other advanced features ...

Occupancy monitoring, combined with other data like CO2, can inform all these decisions. Businesses frequently overlook the involvement of smart sensors and occupancy monitoring in security. When ...

The new Matter standard is getting better at helping Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home ... it could send an “Occupancy Detected” signal to a virtual Matter occupancy sensor, which could ...