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5 Local Control Alternatives to Popular Smart Home Products

August 14, 2022March 25, 2021 by HomeTechHacker

Local control smart home products have many advantages over cloud control. Three important advantages are: You can keep controlling them even when your Internet service is down or you have some other …

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Shelly Plug US: Is it the Best Smart Plug?

December 19, 2022December 17, 2020 by HomeTechHacker

Smart plugs are an essential part of any smart home build. In my book, The Smart Home Manual, I include smart plugs as part of the basics for those wanting to get …

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COVID-19 In the smarthome

Equipping Your Smarthome For COVID-19 Coronavirus

February 24, 2021March 16, 2020 by HomeTechHacker

All over the world people are dealing with the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. As of the time of the writing of this article, COVID-19 has already infected more than 13 times the number …

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Top 15 Christmas Tech Gifts under $50 (2019)

November 28, 2019November 21, 2019 by HomeTechHacker

Once again it’s time to start planning the Christmas tech gifts you’re going to purchase for friends, family, and yourself! Here are 15 affordable and useful tech gifts you can buy now …

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Smarthome Control

My Smarthome Evolution: Part 2 – Getting Smart

December 12, 2019November 7, 2019 by HomeTechHacker

This is part 2 of 4 in my series about my smarthome evolution. In part 1 I discussed how I got my start into developing my smarthome. When I started, I didn’t …

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Transferring my Z-Wave Network to Home Assistant from Vera

April 3, 2022August 15, 2019 by HomeTechHacker

I’d been using a Veralite for home automation, including running my Z-Wave network, for years before I started using Home Assistant. Over the course of a few months, I transferred almost all …

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Gosund Wifi Smart Plug WP3 Review

December 18, 2020August 8, 2019 by HomeTechHacker

Smart plugs are a basic building block of a smarthome. If you are looking for a basic, inexpensive smart plug, it’s hard to go wrong with the Gosund Wifi Smart Plug WP3. …

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