Smart home systems are supposed to make your life easier – but they can cause a few headaches if you don't do your research first. — dpa
The range of smart home devices – networked lamps, thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras and so on – is large. The problem can be getting them to work together.
That’s because each smart home system supports only one or at most a few specific wireless standards. Some providers of smart home systems have wireless standards that will work only with their devices or the devices of companies they’ve partnered with.
