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Appliances

    • The Best Smart Kitchen Appliances for 2026

      Cook like a top chef with connected gadgets that add high-tech convenience to your culinary repertoire. The best smart kitchen appliances we've tested can help you do everything from air fry to make coffee.

      4 months, 4 weeks By Will Greenwald
      The Best Smart Kitchen Appliances for 2026 (Roundup Connected Kitchen)
    • How We Test Smart Home Devices

      We install and test more than 100 smart devices in our homes each year to determine their ease of use, reliability, and performance to help you choose the best ones for your budget.

      8 months, 1 week By John R. Delaney
      How We Test Smart Home Devices (Feature Air Purifiers)
    • Midea 8,000BTU U-Shaped Air Conditioner
      4.0 Excellent

      An ultra-quiet window air conditioner with built-in Wi-Fi and support for Alexa and Google voice commands.

      5 years, 9 months By John R. Delaney
      Midea 8,000BTU U-Shaped Air Conditioner (Review Midea 8,000BTU U-shaped Air Conditioner)
    • Nest Protect Review

      The well-designed but pricey Nest Protect is one of the smartest smoke and carbon monoxide detectors you'll find. You can monitor and manage it using a smartphone, and silence it with a wave of your hand.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Nest Protect Review (Slideshow Digital Home)
    • Quirky Aros Review

      The Quirky Aros is a beautiful window air conditioner with an extremely useful companion app, but both the app and the unit itself could use a little more fine-tuning.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Quirky Aros Review (Slideshow Digital Home)
    • Keurig Kold

      The Keurig Kold beverage machine attempts to bring K-Cup convenience to soft drinks, but it costs too much money to make too-small glasses of soda.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Keurig Kold (Slideshow Keurig Kold)
    • Frigidaire Gallery Smart Room Air Conditioner With WiFi Control (FGRC0844S1)

      Frigidaire's good-looking Gallery Smart Room Air Conditioner is one of very few app-enabled window ACs currently available. You can control it from afar, it cools quickly, and is one of the best-looking window units we've seen, but it's expensive and has some usability issues.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Frigidaire Gallery Smart Room Air Conditioner With WiFi Control (FGRC0844S1) (Slideshow Appliances)
    • Cinder Grill

      The Cinder is a remarkable electric grill with a drier take on sous vide cooking that uses heated plates instead of a water bath to produce precise, delicious results.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Cinder Grill (Slideshow Cinder Grill)
    • Bonaverde Berlin

      The Bonaverde Berlin is a coffee maker that roasts your coffee before brewing it. The results are excellent, but it keeps too many parts of the process out of your control.

      7 years, 10 months By PCMag UK
      Bonaverde Berlin (Slideshow Bonaverde Berlin)
    • Illy Y5 Iperespresso Espresso & Coffee
      3.5 Good

      The Illy Y5 is an app-controlled coffee and espresso machine that makes excellent-tasting beverages with Illy Iperespresso capsules.

      8 years, 2 months By Will Greenwald
      Illy Y5 Iperespresso Espresso & Coffee (Review Illy Y5 Iperespresso Espresso & Coffee)
    • Ring Is Making Smart Lights for Your Dumb House

      Ring has acquired smart home lighting company Mr. Beams and plans to release new Ring Beams products including spotlights, pathway lights, and deck lights.

      8 years, 3 months By Rob Marvin
      Ring Is Making Smart Lights for Your Dumb House (News Appliances)
    • Bonaverde Berlin
      3.0 Average

      The Bonaverde Berlin is a coffee maker that roasts your coffee before brewing it. The results are excellent, but it keeps too many parts of the process out of your control.

      8 years, 4 months By Will Greenwald
      Bonaverde Berlin (Review Bonaverde Berlin)