The Xumo Stream Box combines streaming and cable into one interface, with mixed results.

Ambient Weather’s WS-5000 home weather station is a significant improvement over its earlier and excellent WS-2902. It’s worth the extra cash if you can afford it. We’ve observed a dramatic ...

It’s strictly for home security today, but every bit of the infrastructure needed to build this into a robust smart home system is already in place.

Eureka! The New400 Wet/Dry Vacuum eliminates the mess and aggravation of washing hard-surface floors, leaving them clean enough for bunk inspection. I’ve often been a practitioner of the “10 ...

The MediaLight bias lighting strips are designed for discriminating viewers who want to enhance their TV’s visuals while preserving the integrity of the original image.

Improving on the original Google Home in every way, the Nest Audio is the new $100 smart speaker to beat.

The Fluance Ai60 offers spectacular sound quality with amazingly deep bass for far less than I would have expected. They’re large, but definitely in charge! Since 1999, Canadian audio company ...

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Chromecast, AirPlay 2: The Naim Audio Mu-so 2nd Generation supports them all, along with every music codec and streaming service you can think of.

Scott Wilkinson / IDG 360RA partners include streaming providers, studios, and technology developers. Features Sony’s 360 Reality Audio is an object-based, immersive-audio system, not unlike ...

Amazon's Echo speakers aren't exactly audiophile quality, but adding this inexpensive subwoofer certainly improves their performance.

LG’s 5.1.2-channel soundbar uses side-firing drivers rather than separate speakers for surround effects. Is that effective?

Samsung sure upped the ante with the HW-Q950A, a soundbar that arrives with a room-enveloping 11.1.4-channel configuration powered by a whopping 22 drivers. Not quite as big and hulking as you ...