Smart switches require a neutral wire for power, but many older homes do not have one available. You should never attempt electrical work unless you are a licensed or experienced electrician.

Smart lights are great, allowing you to control them remotely so you don’t have to get out of bed to shut off that living room lamp you forgot about. But smart bulbs kind of suck because they need to ...

The big asterisk that comes with smart switches is that you can't just stick them where you want them like you would with a smart bulb. As it's a full light switch, it needs to be wired directly ...

Smart switches tend to take a couple of different approaches to setup. Some have color-coded wires jutting out from the body of the switch, while others simply let you connect existing wiring ...

How to use smart lighting and which products to choose: Philips Hue, Lutron Caseta, Leviton, Wyze, and Wemo are all good options to get you started with smart lighting in your home.

Consumer Reports' smart home expert has owned Lutron Caséta smart switches for ... over the switch box and put a switch cover over it, making it look just like a regular Lutron dimmer switch.

Smart switches link to your home's wireless system in order to control and automate your lights, fans, and other household appliances typically controlled by a switch. Smart switches provide a far ...

Eve Dimmer Switch brings Matter-over-Thread smart lighting control to HomeKit ... While it integrates with regular 3-way switches, you can’t install two Eve Dimmer Switches in the same circuit.

The Matter smart home standard has been slow to add new devices and form factors but, slowly, it’s expanding. Today, the first in-wall light switch with Matter support baked in has launched with ...

The $49.95 dimmer switch boasts a hybrid touch button/rocker design, allowing for precise and “flicker-free” control of dimmable light sources, Eve says.

The smart switches are available in 1-, 2-, and 3-gang configurations, and for situations where there’s a switch in the box that controls something other than a light—a fan or a garbage ...