Smart Home Stories & Solutions

Beyond avoiding costly mistakes, discover how professional smart home planning protects your family's privacy, ensures long-term reliability, and gives you confidence in every technology decision.

Planning a new build or major smart home upgrade? Read more to learn why working with a dedicated smart home planner can save you thousands in avoided mistakes and creates a home that works for you and your family's real life.

Philadelphia's new smart water meters improve billing accuracy but leave critical gaps in leak protection. Here's what the upgrade includes and what it doesn't.

One hidden leak cost this investor $18,000 in repairs and lost income. Here's how smart automation can protect your rental portfolio from water damage disasters.

Belkin will drop Wemo cloud support in 2026—here’s how to keep devices alive, slash e-waste, and lock in privacy-first local control.

Thinking about upgrading to Matter over Thread? Here's what 2 years of real-world testing revealed about reliability, setup complexity, and whether it's worth the switch from protocols like Zigbee and Z-Wave.