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Crestron Pyng Now Supports Video Thanks To Major Update

Crestron has confirmed that its flagship smart home operating system will soon be receiving a major software update, with Crestron Pyng OS 2 bringing new featu...

Amazon Echo Dominates Smart Speaker Market In The UK

The Amazon Echo is completely dominating the smart speaker market in the UK, with 69% of those who own a smart speaker using an Amazon Echo, according to new r...

Smart Speakers Most Popular Smart Device In UK

UK consumers are showing an appetite for smart devices, according to the latest YouGov research on the smart home market, and it’s the smart speaker that attra...

Hive Is The UK’s Most Popular Smart Thermostat, Besting Nest

Despite revolutionising the market, Nest isn’t the smart thermostat of choice for UK consumers. That honour goes to Hive, which is absolutely dominating Nest’s...

Philips Hue Takes Top Spot For Smart Lighting In UK, But Market Remains Competitive

Smart lighting is still a popular choice for those getting a custom installer in, but some consumers are finding it easy to upgrade their lighting set-up with ...

Just 1% Of UK Households Can Currently Be Described As ‘Smart’

We’re always talking about the rise of the smarter home, but what is a smart home? Well, according to YouGov, a smart home is defined as a home which has multi...

Arris Announces First Router To Support Open Wi-Fi Mesh Support

Mesh Wi-Fi routers are all the rage, but they currently force you to purchase the same router in order to take advantage of the functionality. That’s not alway...

Samsung Announces Bixby-Powered Galaxy Home Smart Speaker

Both Amazon and Google currently dominate the smart speaker market, but that doesn’t mean they won’t face competition from some other deep-pocketed manufacture...

Apple’s HomePod Nabs Small Share Of Smart Speaker Market

Despite the high cost of entry, Apple has managed to amass a ‘small but meaningful’ share of the smart speaker market. That’s according to new research from Co...

Users Aren’t Using One Of Amazon Alexa’s Main Features

It may seem odd that an online retailer will create one of the world’s most-used voice assistants, but Amazon was hoping that its Alexa AI would make it easier...