Smart plugs can help track energy use, but they also consume some power themselves. Knowing the standby draw helps you plan better.

A smart plug with USB ports can let you automate lots of gadgets around your house. Here are five clever uses for the USB ports on your smart plugs.

Smart plugs are an easy way to get smart lighting, but they only work with lamps and they only control one device. Brilliant makes one of the more sophisticated whole-home smart lighting solutions, ...

Small, sturdy, and reliable, the Zigbee-enabled Innr Smart Plug makes for an inexpensive way for Philips Hue users to turn their “dumb” lights into smart lights. Of course, you could just skip the ...

Consider intelligent power plugs the building blocks for your smart home. A relatively few lights, appliances, and electronics have smart home compatibility built in, but smart plugs let you add any ...

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Smart-home systems maker Brilliant unveiled a new “install it anywhere” plug-in version of its Smart Home Control Panel Tuesday. Any homeowner or renter can use its touchscreen-based control and ...

The Meross Outdoor Dimmer Plug gives you more control over your lights than a regular smart plug can. However, while you can use it indoors or outdoors, it's tailored more for outside use. Smart plugs ...

With Google’s acquisition of Nest now complete, your home could be getting a whole lot smarter over the next five years. Until then, however, you’ll probably have to settle for the simpler things in ...

It doesn't matter how old you are: Walking into a dark home (especially late at night) is creepy. Of course leaving a light on when you step out is always an option, but that's obviously a massive ...