Use your voice to control the lights! Summon the vacuum with your phone! Here’s everything you need to know, from Wi-Fi tips to security advice.

If you're ready to take real control of your smart home, then Home Assistant may be just what you need.

Home Assistant Amber is a home automation hub with Home Assistant software pre-installed, making this complex platform more accessible to the rest of us.

The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible An all-in-one box with a palatable price to bring Home Assistant to the masses.

Matter, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth are all merged into one locally-controlled dashboard. It's a privacy-focused alternative to the big cloud-based hubs like Google Home or Amazon Alexa.

There could be a new "Nest Wi-Fi" system on the way which would bake Google Assistant into the mesh network nodes, kind of like Wi-Fi-capable Home Minis.