One of the easiest and most useful smart home upgrades you can make is picking up a couple of smart light bulbs. Here’s how to get started.

Smart light bulbs can be a great start to a smart home, but they have a major weakness. You'd be better off upgrading another ...

Updating your home lighting is a big project, and it may be easy to lean toward smart lights. However, smart light switches can deliver much of the same convenience at a lower cost. Let’s put these ...

Smart LED light bulbs are great for a number of different things, but some people use them outside their homes just to automatically turn on at night and off again in the morning. Smart bulbs are ...

They aren't smart, but they do have a couple of extra tricks up their sleeve. Here's what you need to know before buying in. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based ...

A smart remote from the retailer is $23, and a sensor like the door and window one is $29 and goes up to $59. "I'm literally gonna buy every single smart device of IKEA's," Brad told Yahoo Lifestyle.

From basics like light bulbs and plug sockets to upmarket items like robot vacuum cleaners, smart home essentials don't have to cost the earth.