8 Best Articles on Smart Home
The most useful articles on smart home from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Smart Home Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on smart home by Refind users in 2023 so far.
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How to stop your smart home spying on you
Everything in your smart home, from the lightbulbs to the thermostat, could be recording you or collecting data about you. What can you do to curb this intrusion?
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on smart home—all under 10 minutes.
Controlling My Family’s Smart Home Is Driving Us Mad
The smart home was supposed to make our lives easier, but confusing controls and too many apps are frustrating. There must be a better way.
Before our homes got smart: 7 vintage home gadgets that hark back to a bygone era
Dutch designer Jaro Gielens' basement is a sight to behold: The 1,000-square-foot space has been converted into a vault for one of the world's largest collections of small household appliances from…
Smartphone is now ‘the place where we live’, anthropologists say
A UCL study has found people around the world feel the same about their devices as they do about their homes
«Smartphone users have become “human snails carrying our homes in our pockets”, with a tendency to ignore friends and family in favour of their device, according to a landmark study.»
6 Smart Home Gadgets That Are Actually Worth Owning
Like any tech product, some smart home devices are better than others.
The smart home is flailing as a concept—because it sucks
The smart home was supposed to be the next big computing platform. Now it seems lost in a fog of frustration.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on smart home.
Matter is coming to save the smart home
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The House That Spied on Me
In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.” I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my…
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