As smart home technology continues to evolve and grow in popularity, manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to make their products more versatile and convenient for users. One such company is ...

The Matter smart home connectivity standard has huge promise and lots of device makers lined up to engage with a theoretically more open, less server-dependent future. And yet, so far, I haven’t been ...

With Matter on board, SwitchBot’s products, including its retrofit door lock and curtain motor, will soon work with Apple Home. With Matter on board, SwitchBot’s products, including its retrofit door ...

Most Wi-Fi bridges are wholly utilitarian. They do absolutely nothing except transport data from a Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Z-Wave device to your Wi-Fi network. Boring! With the SwitchBot Hub 2, ...

Japanese budget smart home device maker SwitchBot debuted its second-generation hub on Wednesday at CES. The Hub 2 is a Matter-over-Wi-Fi-compatible hub that connects the company’s Bluetooth-powered ...

With SwitchBot Hub 2, you can now control all your SwitchBot devices through HomeKit, even if they were not previously compatible. Matter is a new smart home standard that allows various ecosystems to ...

SwitchBot has taken the covers off of the latest controller for its smart home setup, with the Hub 3 officially going live. Like the previous couple of SwitchBot Hubs - the Hub Mini and the Hub 2 - ...

I love being able to control my smart home from the Home app, Control Center (my most used right now), or by asking Siri via a HomePod, but sometimes you just can’t beat a physical product for things.

While smart home hubs tend to irk even the most enthusiastic smart home owners, SwitchBot hopes to change this. The brand’s new Hub 2 packs all the latest smarts into its hub, offering all the ...

At the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, SwitchBot announced the expansion of its smart home ecosystem with the Matter-based SwitchBot Hub 2 and the SwitchBot Curtain. With its Matter support, SwitchBot ...

There are some people who are eager to automate every aspect of their home with the latest smart home gadgets. Then there are some—many of them regular readers and commenters on this site—who could ...

A power outage occurred around the GIGAZINE editorial office at around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The cause was contact with trees, birds, and animals. The power outage itself was restored ...