Smart Living Techs exists for one reason: most writing about discover the latest smart home gadgets, automation tips, and reviews to upgrade your home. make your living space smarter today is aimed either at people who already know the answer or at people who are about to be sold something. Very little of it is written for the person in the middle, who just wants to make one good decision and get on with their day.
That person is who we write for.
What we cover
Everything on this site lives in one category, Smart Home Automation, and it stays deliberately narrow. We would rather publish a small number of genuinely useful guides about discover the latest smart home gadgets, automation tips, and reviews to upgrade your home. make your living space smarter today than hundreds of shallow ones about everything.
How we work
- We start from the questions readers actually ask. Each guide answers a real question someone has had to search for, and it answers it in the first few paragraphs rather than after a thousand words of preamble.
- We explain mechanisms, not just tips. Knowing why something works is what lets you apply it to your own situation instead of copying ours.
- We say when something is not worth it. Several of our articles end by advising against a purchase. If a recommendation never has a downside, it is marketing, not editorial.
- We do not invent numbers. Where we give figures we give ranges and name the variables that move them, rather than quoting a precise statistic we cannot stand behind.
Who writes this
Kevin Reynolds — Kevin is a smart home enthusiast who loves testing the newest gadgets and finding simple ways to automate everyday living.
How this site is funded
Smart Living Techs is free to read and is supported by display advertising and, on some pages, affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and buy something, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Two things follow from that, and we want them stated plainly: advertisers have no say in what we publish, and a commission never buys a recommendation. Our full disclosure is on the Disclaimer page.
Corrections
We get things wrong sometimes, and this field changes fast enough that an accurate article can become inaccurate without anyone touching it. If you find an error, tell us through our contact form. Point us at a source and we will verify it, fix the article, and record what changed.
Get in touch
Reader questions, topic suggestions and disagreements are all welcome through our contact form. If several people ask us the same thing, it usually becomes the next article.