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4 weeks ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
The Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro ($179.99) may look like a typical outdoor security camera, but it’s what’s inside that makes it special. In addition to providing sharp 2K video and color night vision, it is equipped with the latest smart home technology, enabling it to serve as a hub with support for the Matter, Thread, and Zigbee protocols. That means it works with the Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings ecosystems.
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1 month ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
If you’re looking to update the wow factor of your window coverings, motorized shades are the place to start. The SmartWings Motorized Roller Shades offer dozens of styles and fabric choices, with a range of motors that support various wireless technologies. You can incorporate them into nearly any existing smart home ecosystem and control them with your voice or an app, or create schedules to have them lower or raise without lifting a finger.
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1 month ago | 
pcmag.com | Eric Griffith |Andrew Gebhart |John R. Delaney |M. David Stone |Iyaz Akhtar |Will Greenwald | +2 more
Father’s Day will be here sooner than you think. Consider these gadgets and subscriptions, curated by our resident reviewers and experts, for the dad in your life.
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1 month ago | 
pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
Table of Contents To keep your pool looking its best, it should be vacuumed at least once a week or more if you have trees on your property, and that can take hours. If you're looking to spend more time enjoying your pool and less time working on it, consider a robot pool cleaner. At PCMag, we've been reviewing robotic pool cleaners for the better part of a decade, and we put every model we test through its paces in our own pools.
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1 month ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
The latest addition to Amazon’s eero family of whole-home mesh systems, the eero 7, is the company’s most affordable Wi-Fi 7 offering to date. For $349.99, you get a three-piece system that offers 6,000 square feet of coverage, two 2.5GbE networking ports per node, and support for the latest smart home technologies, including Matter, Thread, and Zigbee.
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1 month ago | 
au.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
Designed for rooms of up to 800 square feet, the Dyson Hot+Cool Formaldehyde HP09 is a versatile air purifier that also provides heating and cooling with 350-degree oscillation. You can control it with your phone, voice, or the included remote, and it’s light enough to move from room to room as needed. At $849.99, it’s more expensive than most air purifiers, but its feature set, numerous air quality readings, and solid purifying performance earn it an Editors’ Choice award.
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1 month ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
When we reviewed the Baseus N1 ($199.99) last year, we were impressed with its sharp 2K video, long battery life, and free expandable video storage, but griped about its limited third-party device support. With the S1 Pro kit ($429.99), the cameras up the ante to 3K video and are equipped with telephoto and wide-angle lenses. However, they still don’t support HomeKit or IFTTT. The S1 Pro isn’t cheap, but with two cameras and free storage included, it's a solid deal for 3K surveillance.
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1 month ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
Designed for home office and small-business users, the QNAP TS-432X-4G uses high-speed networking ports and a quad-core CPU to deliver speedy performance. It has four easily accessible tool-free drive bays, 10GbE and 2.5GbE LAN ports, and a pair of USB ports, but it lacks an HDMI port and built-in M.2 slots. At $579, it’s a good value for a multi-bay NAS device.
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1 month ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
The Ecobee Smart Thermostat Essential is the company's latest and most affordable climate control device. At $129.99, it may not offer all the features you get with more expensive smart thermostats, like Ecobee's own Premium model ($249.99), but it works with the most popular smart home automation platforms for voice control and third-party device integrations.
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2 months ago | 
uk.pcmag.com | John R. Delaney
Ring’s Outdoor Cam Plus is a weatherproof home security camera that can be used indoors or outside. It’s easy to install, and the 2K camera delivered sharp, colorful video in testing. It's affordable at $99.99, but as with all Ring cameras, you have to subscribe to a Ring Home plan to access recorded video.
