Summer is coming and the beach house is three hours away. How automation turns a second property from a nagging worry into something you check from your phone — security, climate, guests and the arrival that greets you.
Everyone selling automation says it adds value. We sell automation — and the honest answer is more interesting: some of it does, some doesn't, and how it's documented matters almost as much as what's installed.
Clocks spring forward this Sunday across NSW. A well-designed smart home doesn't just change its clocks — it's the excuse to fix schedules that never matched how you live. How scenes and sun-based automation actually work.
Matter promises that every smart device works with every platform. Four years in, how much of that promise is real? A plain-English guide for Australian homeowners — what Matter fixes, what it doesn't, and how to buy accordingly.
Google retired its Assistant, Apple's new Siri is still arriving, and the best voice control in the industry comes from a company most homeowners haven't heard of. The honest state of talking to your house in 2026.
One of 2026's top international smart home awards went to an apartment, not a mansion. Here's what serious automation looks like in a Sydney apartment — and how to do it without a fight with strata.
You don't need a new build to get a properly automated home. What retrofitting actually involves in Australian houses — what's easy, what's hard, what it costs, and the mistakes to avoid.
Apple's first foldable arrives in Australia on 23 October, with pre-orders from 16 October. The dates are locked — which makes this the right month to ask whether your home works as well with Apple as your pocket does.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's HomePad launches in October — alongside a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini. The strongest signal yet, after three slipped windows. Here's what's reported, what isn't, and what it means for your home.
The consumer press has fallen for Casa de Verano — the triple-award-winning Texas home whose guests never realise it's automated. Invisible technology is now the design story, and it's a choice you can make at any budget.
