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Think Small For Smart Home Success

Thomas Rockmann, VP connected home at Deutsche Telekom, looks at how the smart home sector can grow most effectively. Think small might sound like cont...

Google Home Hub Is A Smart Display With The Google Assistant

Google has officially announced its first smart display, which will compete with the likes of the Amazon Echo Show, and it’s called the Google Home Hub. Th...

Habitech Techfest Puts Emphasis On High-Quality

Habitech’s recent Techfest open days initiative revealed a serious up-grade to the company’s demonstration facilities and also a focus on delivering towards th...

Facebook Portal and Portal Plus Offer A Unique Take On The Smart Display

Facebook is finally ready to stamp its own brand name on a hardware product, and its first offering is dubbed Portal. Technically its first hardware offering i...

Alltrade hails 10th annual Trade Show as most successful to date

With trade visitor attendance up 15% on 2017’s event, Alltrade’s recent Trade Show 2018 has been declared the most successful yet. With exhibitors showing ...

Vanguard Dynamics Brings Echo Dot Voice Dock Mount Kit To UK

Before we get to the stage of Alexa being built into the walls of prefabricated homes, we currently have to make do with in-wall mounts for the Amazon Echo Dot...

Monitor Audio CP-IW460X In-Wall loudspeaker Review

Respected AV reviewer Richard Stevenson is Essential Install’s trade focused reviewer, here he puts Monitor Audio’s CPIW460X, the company’s latest in-wall loud...

CEDIA Awards Seduced By Cyberhomes

This impressive project ‘Hampshire Cinema Seduction’ by Cyberhomes picked up the Best Home Cinema £120,000 – £340,000 category at this year’s CEDIA Awards. ...

Plex Debuts Web Shows After Axing ‘Watch Later’ Feature

Plex’s ‘Watch Later’ feature was a great way to pull online content into the Plex ecosystem, but since that feature was axed last month, users have been wonder...

Meridian Audio Extends LG Partnership With V40 ThinQ Smartphone Launch

LG has been leveraging the expertise of Meridian Audio to improve its home audio products, but now it’s extending that partnership to cover its flagship smartp...