smart home

Freely, a new streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV, will be debuting on Amazon Fire televisions. The tie-up will help take content from the four public broadcasters – which are required by UK law to offer programming beneficial to the public interest – to more British households, through smart TVs using Amazon’s popular Fire operating system.

Samsung announced the rollout of Passkey support for its range of TVs and other devices in its ecosystem at the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024 held in San Jose on Thursday. This means users will be able to sign in on their devices with more convenience while enhancing their security too.

Apple has been rumoured to be working on its smart home category for quite some time now. Now, a new report claims that the Cupertino-based tech giant might launch a new tabletop smart display device with smart home functionality next year. The device is said to be part of a series, where the higher-end variant will come with a robotic limb. The launch date for the mo…

LG smart TVs have reportedly begun showing advertisements to users on the screensaver screen. LG Ad Solutions, the company’s subsidiary focused on branded activities, announced this move earlier this month, and it appears that these ads have made it to the company’s smart TVs. Notably, the company highlighted that showing screensaver ads will make better use of th…

Apple has been speculated to be developing a new type of product — a home accessory that will run on a software variant of tvOS and will sport a touchscreen display on top. According to a report, this purported device may have artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities courtesy of Apple’s latest A18 processor. It may also include support for hand gestures, FaceTime…