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Until now, virtual Dash Buttons have only been available via Amazon's mobile app, website, and the Echo Show.
Ring has acquired smart home lighting company Mr. Beams and plans to release new Ring Beams products including spotlights, pathway lights, and deck lights.
The LG 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner LP1417WSRSM is powerful and easy to move from room to room, but it lacks a few key features and controlling it via app was problematic in our tests.
The Frigidaire Gallery 12,000 BTU Cool Connect Smart Portable Air Conditioner can be controlled using a mobile app and voice commands. It does a good job of cooling down rooms of up to 550 square feet in size, but it's expensive and loses Wi-Fi connection too often.
The Hisense 10,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner With Wi-Fi can be moved from room to room with very little effort and controlled using your smartphone.
The Samsung FlexDry is a sleek connected dryer with dual-load capacity and a smartphone app that tells you when your clothes are dry.
The Samsung FlexWash is a sleek-looking app-connected smart washing machine that lets you clean two loads at once.
The Cinder is a remarkable electric grill with a drier take on sous vide cooking that uses heated plates instead of a water bath to produce precise, delicious results.
If your office is located in Chicago, Los Angeles, or New York, the Wi-Fi-connected, drink-tracking Office Bud-E beer fridge is a fun way to make sure you're always ready for happy hour.
From Alexa to internal cameras, both have loads of features sure to wow all your friends; here are my first impressions.
The Wi-Fi-connected Blueair Classic 205 air purifier is an attractive, but pricey, way to improve the air quality in your home with the tap of an app.
The Brita Infinity Wi-Fi Connected Pitcher automatically orders replacement water filters from Amazon, but it's twice the price of a traditional pitcher and ordered too soon in testing.
Our favorite new kitchen tech includes a garden that grows right in your kitchen, 24 hours a day.
LG's new smart fridge runs Windows 10 on a built-in 29-inch tablet. We got a chance to check it out at IFA.
Frigidaire's good-looking Gallery Smart Room Air Conditioner is one of very few app-enabled window ACs currently available. You can control it from afar, it cools quickly, and is one of the best-looking window units we've seen. But it's expensive and has some usability issues.
The Airmega 300S is a good-looking Wi-Fi-connected smart air purifier you can control with an app, but less expensive options abound.
The big, pricey Dyson Pure Cool Link Air Purifier is an app-controlled fan that removes allergens and pollutants from the air, but it has some connectivity issues.