The battery-operable Beosound Level proves you can take it with you—at least in this life. Its beautiful design will have your heirs fighting over who gets it when you’re gone. Without a doubt, the ...

Improving on the original Google Home in every way, the Google Nest Audio is the new $100 smart speaker to beat. The replacement for Google’s original, now discontinued smart speaker is here, and ...

Paradigm’s PW Amp can stream high-res audio while correcting your speakers’ and room’s acoustic shortcomings. Canada-based Paradigm has a long, respected pedigree in the high-end audio world, where it ...

Suffering cabin fever? Need an escape? Internet radio can fling open the doors. Whisper a few call letters into a smart speaker, summon a smartphone app, or tap a few computer keys to be whisked far, ...

The Amazon Echo Sub is a welcome addition to the Echo speaker family. The sound is not audiophile-quality, but it’s better than I expected from a 6-inch sub, making it well worth the price. Amazon’s ...

The timing of the news may have been surprising, but the substance was less so. The bigger, pricey HomePod (which Apple promises to continue supporting) has been languishing in a familiar limbo for ...

The second-generation Phyn Plus is incrementally better than the first, but it’s also more expensive. That said, there is no better way to protect your home from catastrophic water damage caused by a ...

Ambient Weather’s WS-5000 home weather station is a significant improvement over its earlier and excellent WS-2902. It’s worth the extra cash if you can afford it. We’ve observed a dramatic increase ...

The Samsung Q60R is one of the best smart TVs in this price range, and it’s the only QLED you can buy in the smaller 43-inch form factor. If you’ve envied the quantum dot color and interface ...

The AcuRite Atlas is a great value in personal weather stations with near prosumer-level accuracy. It still needs more smart home capabilities, however, and hopefully the lightning detection isn’t as ...

If you’re looking for a compact soundbar that won’t break the bank, and you’re eager to jump into (or already invested in) the Sonos ecosystem, the second-gen Sonos Beam makes for a great choice. Last ...

It’s been more than five years since I first asked whether ATSC 3.0, aka NextGen TV, would spell doom for over-the-air DVR. The answers are coming in now, and they’re not encouraging. The latest ...