Tag: Home Appliances
Big tech brands flouting new laws on smart devices, warns Which?
Hisense, a prominent Euro 2024 sponsor, offers just two years of support from when a smart TV is first released Big brands behind expensive smart appliances, including smartphones, doorbells and smart TVs, are potentially selling smart devices illegally by breaking product security laws that came into force earlier this year. The…
Tougher laws for UK’s internet-enabled smart devices
Manufacturers will have to follow stricter rules if they want to sell internet-enabled 'smart' gadgets such as smart speakers and security cameras as a new law comes into force. From today, manufacturers will be legally required to protect consumers from hackers and cyber criminals from accessing devices with internet or network connectivity - from smartphones…
Why more and more people are opting for quality over quantity when it comes to kitchen appliances
Just like everything in our society, technology and development continue to move forward when it comes to kitchen appliances. Regardless of whether it’s fridges connected to the WiFi or whether it’s an oven with a built-in camera that promises to shut itself off when the result is just the way you want it, it would…
6 Smart Systems That Can Improve the Functionality of Your Home
Smart technology is fantastic for improving the functionality of your home, but also for making it cooler. Using things such as smart lighting or heating will make your life significantly easier and is a great addition to modern architecture. Unfortunately, given that most homeowners don't know much about these gadgets, they can't differentiate between vital…
How Technology Is Shaping And Changing The Future Of Home Designs
Technology has developed greatly in the last decade. Although some from the older generations might think there are some downsides to this expansion, most people can agree that technology has improved many aspects of our lives. Communication, for one, is a great example of this. Without the appropriate technology in place, we would not be…
5 Home Appliance Safety Tips
Every room in the modern home is defined by the appliances installed in them. While these appliances are essential as they make life easier, they pose some risks that you have to mitigate. Failure to do this puts you and your loved ones in great danger besides facing the likelihood of great losses. To protect…
Smart home security to grow 40%, hit $21.2B in revenue by 2023
Smart homes with security features provide their owners with peace of mind, knowing that if potential trouble is detected, they will immediately be notified and can take complete control in order to minimise damage. And while Covid-19 did influence the global smart home security market, revenues of the entire sector continued growing substantially. According to…
Make Your Smart Home Hack Proof with these Cybersecurity Tips
Yes, like all other devices around you, your Smart Home devices can be hacked too. You must be thinking how that is even possible. Well, hackers have their way of finding their way around something. And nothing better than a Smart Home device that can allow a hacker to enter your home and quietly collect…
How to save money on kitchen energy bills
British families have been dusting down old bread makers, sandwich toasters and food processors as they spend 14 hours extra a week in the kitchen during the Covid-19 pandemic. A study of 2,000 families found 58 per cent are finding new ways of being inventive in the kitchen, by turning to the likes of ice…
Smart thermostat tops smarthome gadget list, survey shows
A smart thermostat, available from companies such as Google and Nest, tops the list of smart home products that Brits expect to own this year, according to a survey from house buying company Sellhousefast.uk It surveyed 1,462 UK households to discover the smart home products they intend to own in 2020 and found that thermostat…
