Smart home devices apparently don’t have the lasting attraction of hammers and nails. On Sunday, March 31, Lowe’s announced that its Iris-branded smart home devices were becoming defunct and the ...

The Hubitat Elevation smart-home hub promises more privacy than the competition by keeping all of the data it needs to power your smart home stored locally. The rules needed for your door sensor to ...

Home automation is more powerful than ever, and choosing the right platform can make or break your smart home experience. I’ve worked with both Home Assistant and Hubitat and found that while Hubitat ...

At first glance, the Hubitat Elevation struck me as a pretty standard smart home hub. It has Zigbee and Z-Wave built in so it can communicate with a variety of connected gadgets. You can set up rules ...

The Hubitat Elevation doesn’t depend on the cloud—all smart home programming and execution is performed locally. The biggest downside to this powerful system is that it is difficult to master. Whether ...