A smart thermostat manages your home’s temperature automatically, but there’s another interesting way to use it: as a motion detector. You just need a little help from IFTTT. How-to Geek walks you ...

Google’s smart-home arm isn’t entering any new product categories, but it’s sprucing up its entire line. Nest–the Google-owned company which pretty much kicked off the current smart-home boom with its ...

When the Nest Learning Thermostat first came to market, one of its signature features was knowing when you were home (so it could maintain a comfortable temperature) and when you were away (so it ...

Gadget lust is a likely common affliction for GeekWire readers. You may be fantasizing about Google Glass or a new iPad Air, but I bet that you haven’t thought about that annoying smoke detector in ...

Gosh, we were really excited to tell you what Nest's latest product is (we really didn't think you were going to guess), but then someone had to go and spoil the surprise. At any rate, the news is now ...

What home appliance do you hate the most? Odds are good it’s the smoke detector—that incessantly chirping, totally inconsistent mess of beige plastic that we can only hope actually works when needed.

Ever since a startup called Nest Labs unveiled its smart thermostat in 2011 — with high-end industrial design, an elegant touch-screen interface, phone apps and other consumer electronics-style ...