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Most smart thermostats, including the Ecobee 3, can only connect to external smart assistant through other devices like Apple’s HomeKit and the Amazon Echo. The Ecobee4 is different: it’s the first

Do you have an Amazon Echo at home? Well, Amazon has something even better for you: the Amazon Echo Show. The Echo Show is basically an Amazon Echo smart speaker

With her own leash and realistic fur coat, FurReal Friends is a great, affordable robot puppy for little girls and boys everywhere. When it comes to robot dogs and pets looking realistic, few

Zoomer Kitty is the most fun and cuddly robot cat you can buy today. She knows how to play, purrs when you pet her – and she can even meow. You

For adults who want the warm companionship of a cuddly pet without the care and feeding, we recommend these two lovable robot pet companions from Joy For All by Hasbro. For

This is Zoomer Puppy 2.0, the second edition of the popular Zoomer robot puppy. He comes with improved features, has cuter looks and is more fun than ever. If your kids

This is the WowWee CHiP robot dog, one of the best robot pets you can buy today. Do you want a robot dog that plays fetch and can be trained to

The Neato XV is a quiet device that features a combo brush that was especially designed to help pick up pet hair. The patented navigational technology will scan a room

In this in-depth review, we’ll see how Honeywell‘s top-of-the-line home thermostat, the 1005/W1, compares with its main competitors, Nest and Ecobee. Honeywell thermostats are popular with homeowners and homebuilders, today. That’s probably because the company has been

It may lack the name recognition of Nest and Honeywell but Canadian-based Ecobee has been in the home automation industry for a decade. Its flagship product, the Ecobee3 is good

The basic premise of WiFi thermostats, and what differentiates them from traditional ones, is the ability to connect them to the internet and program them remotely. Various WiFi thermostats go

For our budget thermostat category, we picked the Honeywell Lyric T5. Costing less than $150, the price tag is much lower than that of Ecobee or Nest. But is it

One customer’s comment on Amazon sums up the Sensi WiFi thermostat: “It does not have the fluff of some of the more expensive ones but it does the job and

Nest has always led the way when it comes to smart climate control at home. Its series of smart learning thermostats, first introduced in 2011, have established the standard for

  Overall Impression Google Home is a multifunctional smart speaker that acts as both a personal assistant and a smart home controller. Utilizing the latest AI and voice recognition tech,

One of the things we love about Honeywell smart thermostats is their affordability. Most of them are well below the $200 mark. They may not have some of the bells

The iRobot Roomba 650/655 Pet series is does a great job cleaning and clearing away pet dander. It has a tough design and many useful features. Learn more about these features in our in-depth

Overall Impression Amazon Echo and its smaller sibling, the Echo Dot, are the best-selling smart speakers today – by a long shot. Over 7 million Echo units have been sold since they

The Roomba 980 is an advanced, intelligent cleaning robot that vacuums an entire floor of rooms thoroughly and efficiently – including thick-pile shag and rugs. Contents of This Review Overall Impression The Roomba

The Roomba 960 offers the same form as the earlier versions of the Roomba. It has a round shape and offers a side brush combined with two main brushes. In