Google TV now allows setup without Google Home app on select Hisense TVs. Hisense's 2025 U7 and U8 Google TVs are the first ...

Say goodbye to (some) smart home woes. New user-facing features are coming to Matter that will make it easier than ever to set up your smart home and circumvent some of the more finicky, frustrating ...

Multi-device QR codes and a tap-to-pair onboarding via NFC are new options for adding devices like smart lights, plugs, locks ...

The time it takes to set up Google TV isn’t all that long, but it could always be a little faster. To speed up the process, ...

Google is updating Google TV with a streamlined new setup experience that uses an Android phone or an iPhone and a QR code.

The latest update to the Matter specification is here, which will eventually deliver enhancements to the setup process for ...

Matter is an open-source, royalty-free connectivity standard that enables smart home devices from different manufacturers to ...

After a bit of a stint in a public preview, the convenient Home Panel for controlling your smart home devices is now making ...

The Matter standard eliminates both steps, with any Matter-compatible device automatically compatible with HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa, and Samsung Smart Things. As of the beginning of this year, all ...

A bug in the Google Home app repeatedly asks users to "set up new Nest Cam features" for Nest Hub Max, even if they already ...