Best smart home devices

Tyler Lizenby/CNET Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Arlo Pro 3 is also our top pick of the best outdoor home security cameras. Its weatherproof exterior makes this outdoor Wi-Fi security camera highly capable in rain, snow, heat and beyond. The simple magnetic mount that comes with your purchase makes it incredibly easy to remove the cameras when you need to charge the battery -- no matter where it's installed. Read our Arlo Pro 3 review. … [Read more...] about The best home security cameras for the year: Wyze, Arlo and more

The battery-powered Circle 2 is a solid camera. Like the Pro 3 and the Blink XT2, the Circle 2 connects to your wireless network and is weather resistant. It has 1080p HD live streaming for crystal clear picture, night vision, two-way talk and a time-lapse feature. It's supposed to last between one to three months on one charge. It also offers free 24 hour cloud storage, storing 10 to 60 second motion based videos. Push notifications are sent via app to your phone when the camera detects movement. … [Read more...] about The best battery-powered home security cameras for 2021

As vaccinations proliferate, PC vendors will eventually have to contend with the challenges of maintaining pandemic-fueled year-over-year growth. Conversely, a return to a more mobile existence could result in accelerating growth in smart home products. On the other hand, we may have waned interest in mastering the state of our estates. There may be no place like home, but many of us are more than ready to leave behind a nearly static location history. … [Read more...] about How the pandemic revealed the smart home paradox

Today's Dealmaster includes a notable discount on Apple's Magic Keyboard accessory for iPads, with the model designed for the iPad Air and 11-inch iPad Pro down to $199. That's $90 off the device's usual street price and the steepest discount we've tracked to date. We were impressed with the Magic Keyboard because of its build quality and typing experience—it's just obscenely expensive for a keyboard accessory, but this deal softens the blow somewhat. Further ReadingAssassin’s Creed Valhalla review: A Viking quest worth sinking your axe into … [Read more...] about Today’s best tech deals: Apple Magic Keyboard,

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is a bold attempt by Samsung to balance key features of the S and Note series in one phone. The top-end smartphone in Galaxy S21 series offers best of both. From buyers perspective, S21 Ultra gives them the choice if they really want to have S-Pen support (which they will have to buy separately) or fine with most advanced Android hardware yet. Here are our initial impressions about the S21 Ultra. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra display and design Coming to the device, the Galaxy S21 Ultra features a 6.8-inch WQHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with variable refresh rate of between 10Hz and 120Hz. In layman terms, Samsung claims that this display offers better contrast ratio, colour accuracy and the refresh rate will automatically change between 10Hz and 120Hz as per the content on the screen. There’s Corning Glass Victus protection of both front and back. To cut short, this is without any doubt the best display out there on a phone. The looks of the device totally … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra first impressions