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The smart home was once a far-flung pipe dream, but it is now a reality. Wherever you live, your home is ground zero for some of the most interesting tech available right now, and tech that’s yet to come. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get your home up and running with smart hardware and services.

Home security and monitoring solutions can alert you to a burglary, smoke, fire, or just simple motion activity. There are plenty of options with a range of capabilities, from smart doorbells and smart locks to indoor and outdoor cameras that can see in the dark.

Smart speakers, like the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod each play a big role in helping you out, too. In the kitchen, they can read out recipes, or if you’re cleaning, you can call out to them to change the song on the fly. If you buy smart light bulbs, for instance, you can turn them on and off by using your voice.

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Debuting at IFA, this is Samsung's otherworldly 105-inch Ultra HD TV that can flex between flat and curved modes.

Samsung's 105-inch bendable UHDTV

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Samsung's 105-inch bendable UHDTV

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Debuting at IFA, this is Samsung's otherworldly 105-inch Ultra HD TV that can flex between flat and curved modes.

Apple’s new software is widgets all the way down

Samsung’s new ploy to get kids off iPhones is a MrBeast sponsorship

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Samsung's 105-inch bendable UHDTV

Samsung's 105-inch bendable UHDTV

Debuting at IFA, this is Samsung's otherworldly 105-inch Ultra HD TV that can flex between flat and curved modes.

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Apple’s new software is widgets all the way down

Samsung’s new ploy to get kids off iPhones is a MrBeast sponsorship

The iPhone 15 Pro is teaching me to embrace digital zoom

NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters

The Google Pixel 8’s latest leak shows off big AI camera updates

More from Smart Home

Amazon will charge you to use its new Echo Show 8 as a digital photo frame

Echo Hub hands-on: It’s all about the widgets

Amazon’s rumored home projector can turn anything into a screen

Razer wants to make over your living room with its own smart gamer lights