Home automation is convenient and even kind of fun. And a smart plug is the easiest way to get started. The redesigned Wemo WiFi Smart Plug from Belkin lets you find out if you really want to be able ...

The evolution of the smart home doesn’t always mean a new network for devices to connect or a brand-new smart speaker with a new microphone array. Sometimes evolutions come in the form of ...

One of the top annoyances of early smart plugs was their bulk and overall ugliness. It was hard to get excited about automating a lamp when it meant plugging a clunky, unattractive gadget into your ...

With Wemo you no longer have to change your Smart Home devices if you switch between Alexa, Google or HomeKit platforms. Wemo is one platform we haven't had the chance to look at but recently I ...

If you have any Wemo smart devices in your home, you should start planning an upgrade -- because you only have about six months left to use them. In an email to users today, Wemo announced that it was ...

This smart plug deal is a quick and easy way to make your house a smart home. The Belkin Wemo Smart Plug with Matter’s Thread mesh networking comes in a three-pack, and it’s fully compatible with your ...

Wemo’s outdoor plug lacks any special features to make it a compelling smart home device, and the performance problems we encountered leave us hesitant to recommend it. Here’s the tl;dr on Wemo’s new ...

Like many modern smart home gadgets, Belkin’s Wemo brand of smart plugs has a tendency to phone home every time you turn on a lamp. [Gigawatts] wasn’t having it, so they figured out how to flash the ...

The best smart plugs can transform just about any regular ol’ household gadget — from lamps and lights to coffee machines and air purifiers — into a smart home device that you can effortlessly ...

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The Wemo Wifi Smart Plug is smaller than ever at CES 2020, and there's a new Wemo Stage remote control for your smart home scenes, too. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text ...

I once co-owned a coworking space. The space had doors with magnetic locks, unlocked by a powered relay. My partners and I realized that, if we could switch power to the system on and off, we could ...