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Reviewing Smart Home Gear Is Harder Than You Think — Here's How We Do It

DEV Community·Sam Chen·22 days ago
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Smart home reviews have a dirty secret: most reviewers test devices in isolation. But smart home devices don't exist in isolation — they exist in ecosystems. Smart Home Gear Reviews tests every device within a full smart home stack. The Ecosystem Problem A smart bulb review is meaningless without knowing: Does it work with your hub? (Zigbee, Z-Wave, WiFi, Thread, Matter) How does it handle automations? (response time, reliability) Does it play nice with other brands? What happens when your internet goes down? We test every device against multiple ecosystems: Home Assistant, Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa.…

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