Smart home
Our smart home guides are here to help you make your home more connected. Take control of your heating, lighting and more to save energy. Use smart doorbells and speakers to communicate and control your home life with ease.
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Sarah Beeny has a genius hack for saving on washing detergentAnyone suffering with hard water should listen up
By Rebecca Knight
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How to make an e-reader coverEasy step-by-step sewing instructions for making your own cover for an e-reader.
By Julie Butterworth
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Looking for a new TV? Steer clear of this size or risk wasting your moneySometimes bigger really is better
By Rebecca Knight
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Two new Ring doorbells are launching this month – and they’re the best yetIt's like having your own bouncer on the door!
By Ginevra Benedetti
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Phil Spencer reveals the one thing you should never compromise on when house huntingIt's the non-negotiable you should always check
By Rebecca Knight
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Aldi home gym equipment is back to help you shape up at homeAldi’s latest fit and wellness collection is available now
By Tamara Kelly
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Not switching off these household gadgets could add £500 a year to your billsConsider this your official notice to stop leaving your TV on standby
By Anna Cottrell
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What is IFTTT and how does it work?Discover how a service called IFTTT can help connect your smart devices and gadgets and help your home run smoother...
By Ginevra Benedetti
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Is this the most hi-tech Halloween display ever? This Grade II-listed home is brilliantly haunting...What a way to celebrate the day in style
By Tamara Kelly
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Make your music sound amazing by streaming with DeezerPromotional feature with Deezer
By Vanessa Richmond
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Box Watch: This week it’s Oz all the way with Grand Designs Australia and Phil Spencer Down UnderBut there's plenty happening in Blighty too, as Janet Ellis banishes bad karma in Watford, Jonnie Irwin sorts the dry rot in Rickmansworth and marvellous Jules Hudson, well, is Jules Hudson in Cumbria
By Julie Butterworth
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Box Watch: This week we can’t get enough of Sarah Beeny extending for half the price and George Clarke being amazed (isn’t he always?) by small spacesWhile Sarah Beeny warns us about the perils of the breakfast bar and George Clarke finds something wonderful in a woodshed, it's off to Spain and Portugal for Amanda Lamb and Jenni Falconer
By Julie Butterworth
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The laundry-folding robot – and more amazing gadgets Brits want for their homesThe most-wanted smart home technology, revealed
By Tamara Kelly
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Why you’re watching your TV all wrongA few simple tweaks will give you a far better viewing experience – and you don't need to be an expert to make them!
By Amy Cutmore
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Bang & Olufsen creates the ultimate TV experience with BeoVision Eclipse"Sound is more than half the picture"
By Amy Cutmore
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Is this the recycling solution to the UK’s 7.3 million tonne food waste problemFirst we invited Amazon's Alexa into our homes, now it could be time to invite the Smart Cara composter to help deal with food recycling at home
By Ginevra Benedetti
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New app makes 3D scans of your home – making measuring up a doddleBanish the measuring tape for a clever new app that can capture thousands of measurements in seconds
By Ginevra Benedetti
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Would you let the LG CLIo home robot loose in your house?We're in Korea checking out the technology of the future
By Amy Cutmore
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5 unusual but useful bits of smart tech for the homeWhich tech trends feature in your home?
By Jennifer Ebert
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Change your mornings forever with 'the world's best alarm clock'If you're not feeling motivated to get up in the bleak January weather, you need this alarm clock...
By Ginevra Benedetti
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Exciting Pinterest news – that will make recreating your Pinterest boards at home much easierWhat more could you ask for?
By Tamara Kelly
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Spotify is offering users a free Google Nest Mini – here's how to get oneThis is one deal you don't want to miss
By Rebecca Knight
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Google Home Mini – why it's the smart home assistant you've been waiting forIf you've been holding out for a smart home hero, this might be THE ONE
By Amy Cutmore
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Is this the coolest TV ever made? Here's everything you need to know about the Samsung SerifThree years of development have gone into making the Samsung Serif TV, but do you think it's a design turn off or turn on?
By Natalie Davies
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This is what our homes could look like in 2041, according to expertsLight switches will be a thing of the past and renovating will be like playing SimCity
By Millie Hurst
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Samsung's new robotic helper will wash dishes and even do your laundryThe latest household technology sounds like something about of a sci-fi film
By Rebecca Knight
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Does a fashionable H&M speaker for only £35 sound like music to your ears?Then read on...
By Tamara Kelly


