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A HomeKit Air Purifier? A Breath of Fresh Air

For years, smart thermostats reigned as the only way to intelligently interact with the air inside your HomeKit home. There have been a number of sensors like the Eve Room that measure air quality, temperature, and humidity, and in 2018 VOCOlinc released their Flowerbud Smart Diffuser. I have been cleaning the air in my bedroom by using a Honeywell air purifier connected to a smart plug, but this is a limited solution. Thankfully, VOCOlinc’s PureFlow HomeKit Air Purifier makes keeping the air in your home a breeze

This HomeKit Desk Lamp by Santala is a Smart-ish Option

HomeKit lights are one of the largest categories and we’ve reviewed a number of options here on the channel. Stand-alone HomeKit lamps, however, are a rarer breed. While there are a few different options on the market with a variety of features, today we’re looking at the Santala Desk Lamp. It’s a got a pretty modern design, but are its features equally as smart?

Terncy Home Center and HomeKit: a Uniquely Affordable hub

As the popularity of the smart home balloons, more and more companies want a piece of the pie and understandably so. In HomeKit, we’ve been witnessing a surge in vendors bring their products to the platform with many offering unique perspectives and accessories with a growing number coming out of China. One such manufacturer is Terncy, otherwise known as Xiaoyan. This Zigbee-based home automation solution provides some affordable smart home standards as well as some one-of-a-kind devices that really make this system stand out. This article will serve as an introduction to the HomeKit-enabled Terncy Home Center and its lineup of accessories with more in-depth analyses of some individual devices to come.