Smart Home

Set up and troubleshoot smart lights, speakers, cameras and thermostats — make your smart home just work.

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In summer your Ring doorbell battery lasts for months. Then the first cold snap arrives and suddenly you are recharging it every…

October 21, 2026

A wired Ring doorbell that works perfectly in the app but leaves your indoor mechanical chime silent, or worse, buzzing and ringing…

October 21, 2026

At home everything works. You tap live view on your Ring doorbell and the picture appears in seconds. Then you leave the…

October 21, 2026

Few things are more annoying than a doorbell alert that arrives after the visitor has already walked away. With the Ring Video…

October 21, 2026

Your furnace starts normally, the house begins to warm up, and then the ecobee screen goes black. A minute later the logo…

October 21, 2026

You are sitting at home, perfectly warm an hour ago, when the house starts to feel chilly. You check the thermostat and…

October 21, 2026

You have set up, or are trying to set up, a Nest thermostat, and it keeps showing error N260 or a message…

October 21, 2026

Few heating messages are more worrying than a Nest thermostat showing error E74, with the words no power to Rh wire. The…

October 21, 2026

Your Nest thermostat is lit up on the wall, showing the temperature and responding when you turn the dial or tap the…

October 21, 2026

Switching to a new router should make your internet faster and more reliable. Instead, many people find that their Google Home speakers…

October 21, 2026