smart home

The thermostat may not be a big deal in Australia, and certainly not big enough to warrant a release of a smart model, but you can still find out if it's hot or cold.

Our homes are getting smarter, and that's thanks to smart cameras, smart plugs, and smart everything else. One more company has rocked up in Australia, and while it's an original, its original smart thermostat is not part of the package. A part of Google's "Alphabet" company is arriving in Australia...

The quest to get your home wired up with internet-connected smarts is on, and if you're an iPhone or iPad owner, it begins with HomeKit, and possibly a few plugs here and there.

You get notifications from all sorts of services -- Facebook, Twitter, UberEATS -- but what happens if your home has an issue? If you have an iPhone, a camera could just tell you what's up.

Everything in your life and your home is changing. Why not the doorbell with it?

For years, we've been told that our homes will succumb to the internet, and that you'll be able to control things in your life from your phone. You can today, but it's a very DIY job. Telstra wants to change that.

You have a smartphone, you might have a smartwatch, and it's very possible that you have a smart TV. Good news if you like all these smart-things: the smart home could be coming to your own household quick fast, maybe even this week.