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Apple’s HomePod Mini 2 points to a bigger smart home ambition

Nikolaos Tzoumerkas, Lead Market Analyst, Futuresource, offers some thoughts on the recent HomePod mini 2 launch assessing the brand's wider ambitions in the s...

Are the Tech Giants Helping or Hindering the Smart Home Industry?

As LG and Apple announce a new range of connected home products and Apple promises greater smart home functionality via Siri AI, EI asks whether the involvemen...

Polar Bear Design introduces Serenium thermostat and air quality sensor for smart homes

Polar Bear Design introduces Serenium thermostat for smart homes

Polar Bear Design has introduced Serenium, a discreet, faceless thermostat and air quality sensor designed to give integrators greater choice when planning hea...

Programming and Commissioning: The Evolving Role of the Smart Home Integrator

Eric Fritz, Senior Director of Project Management at ADI, explores how programming and commissioning are evolving, the skills integrators need and how new tech...

Sonos 27: Why AI Could Turn Sonos into a Truly Smart Home Music System

Sonos 27 represents more than a software update. With AI-powered control, custom agents and products that can dynamically change their role within the home, So...

Control4 brings smart home control to Lake Norman luxury waterfront residence

Perched on a peninsula overlooking North Carolina's Lake Norman, a luxury waterfront residence has been completely transformed through a 16-month whole-home re...

The Smart Home Has Evolved. Has Its Hardware?

Smart homes are becoming more capable than ever. Repenic, creator of high-quality switches and sockets, says the next challenge is bringing intelligence, intui...

CEDIA and Essential Install to Reveal Findings from 2026 UK Professional Smart Home Market Analysis

CEDIA, the Association for Smart Home Professionals, will present the findings from its 2026 UK Professional Smart Home Market Analysis in partnership with Ess...

Does AI Music Matter to the Smart Home/AV Installer?

Tidal has taken a stand on ‘protecting’ its subscribers and the artists present on the platform from AI-generated music, but should the companies designing and...

Is Water The Next Utility The Smart Home Needs To Manage?

For years, the smart home industry has focused on making homes more intelligent through lighting, heating, security, entertainment and, more recently, energy m...