Smart home

Enter this contest and you may soon be controlling most of the tech in your home right from your smart phone using the Harmony Home Hub.

If you've got a smart home you'll love the pairing of Arlo and IFTTT. Together they create rules you can use to get even more out of your smart home cameras.

There are a huge variety of smart home items that can make your mother happy and many of them are included in the prize for this contest.

Wi-Fi is the greatest thing since sliced bread —so long as everything is working the way it should. No ethernet cables strung all around the house (I remember those days) and the ability to use a Wi-Fi enabled device anywhere. At least that’s the promise. The reality is many homes have zones where Wi-Fi is dead or very slow. Building materials like concrete, ceramic and metal can block Wi-Fi signals and decorative items like glass mirrors can deflect them. While one approach to improving Wi-Fi coverage for your home or small business is to install a newer, more powerful router, you can often get just as much of an improvement for a lot less money and fuss by installing a range extender. In this review, I look at the latest such device from D-Link, the DAP-1520 Wireless AC Dual Band Range Extender.

Smart Light Switches are nothing new. In fact, they're one of the oldest tricks in the Home Automation book. TP Link's HS200 Smart Light Switch doesn't exactly re-invent the wheel, but with fast installation times, a smaller box size than early switches and a slick look, this may just be one of the best.

With the continued increase of package and mail theft in Canada, Geek Squad would like to help you find creative ways to protect your holiday purchases with the help of smart home devices. Find out more about how you can monitor and keep theft at bay this holiday season.

Robospin is a mopping robot that uses spinning water tanks and microfibre brushes to scour out dirt spots and really clean your floor.

Arlo Go home security cameras run on their own cellular 3G or 4G LTE network. Because you don't need Wi-Fi to use them, you can place them anywhere and be covered.

The Toucan Surveillance System by Kuda takes a spin on the security system that we've yet to see. Powered by an outdoor light, the Toucan turns your light fixture into a smart light while providing you with an easy installing two communicating security camera that doesn't need batteries to constantly run.

Google unveiled its latest batch of hardware products, with the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel Slate and Home Hub rounding out the board.