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Winter Care Guide for the Levoit Vital 200S-P
Keep your Levoit Vital 200S-P ready for winter with practical filter care, cleaning guidance and simple troubleshooting for steady indoor air cleaning.
Google Home Speakers Can Now Hear You Better
Google says a Google Home update helps Gemini for Home hear commands over background noise, respond faster and understand multilingual speech.
I Tested The Three Big Voice Assistants To See Who’s Best At Predicting Weather
A CNET writer’s months-long test ranked Gemini ahead of Alexa Plus and Siri for weather accuracy, with limits to the comparison.
The Most Advanced Home Device I’ve Tested This Year Is In My Garage
CNET’s test of Chamberlain’s $379 Premier Smart Garage Door Opener found remote controls, an AI-enabled camera and 2,000-lumen lighting.
Apple’s ‘HomePad’ Will Reportedly Launch On October 13Th
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports Apple will reveal a smart home hub with a 6-inch display alongside updated HomePod mini and Apple TV devices.
When a Smart Home Agent Sees the Problem but Won’t Close the Deal
Firmulate’s live AI company experiment finds models can spot crises and resist manipulation, yet still fail to close a deal they diagnosed themselves.
You Demo a Smart Home Before Buying It — So Why Don’t We Test AI Models the Same Way?
A live wargame ran five AI models as real companies. Moonshot’s newcomer Kimi K3 beat three of four Western flagships — here’s why that changes how you pick a model.
Why Your Smart Home Should Care That a ‘Do-Nothing’ AI Manager Scores 26, Not 0
An AI benchmark where doing nothing scores 26, one breach of trust caps your grade, and a perfect 100 is treated with suspicion — and why your smart home should care.
The Smartest AI in the Room Still Forgot to Close the Door: Lessons from Opus 4.8
The most diligent AI in a live business wargame read everything, learned the most, and still finished last — a lesson for every smart home buyer: thoroughness isn’t impact.