Reviews.

Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition review (UK 2026): the £59 official HA satellite. Wake-word, mic array, LED feedback, cloud or local LLM backends.

SwitchBot Hub Mini Matter UK review. Bridges 8 SwitchBot devices to Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings via Matter at half the Hub 2 price.

Eufy SoloCam E40 - 2K wireless outdoor camera, no subscription, local AI, Home Assistant friendly. £130 UK 2026.

Reolink Argus 4 Pro review - 4K wireless camera with 180-degree stitched view, ONVIF, RTSP, and a solar option that solves the battery problem.

Radxa Zero 3W review for 2026: Rockchip RK3566 in a Pi Zero 2 W footprint, up to 8 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMC. Where it shines, where the Pi still wins.

Synology BeeStation review UK: 4TB personal-cloud NAS for £199 - the honest verdict on who it's for, where it falls short, and the alternatives.

Open-source, audited, with a genuinely useful free tier and Premium at around £8/year - here's where Bitwarden shines and where it doesn't.

Proton VPN review for UK users in 2026: Swiss jurisdiction, Secure Core multi-hop, free tier, audited open-source apps, Proton ecosystem.

TP-Link Deco BE85 review for 2026: tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh with 10GbE, MLO and dedicated 6 GHz backhaul. Honest UK take on whether £999 is justified.

Mullvad VPN review for 2026: flat €5/month, no signup email, WireGuard with post-quantum tunnels, Cure53-audited open-source apps - UK take.

SwitchBot Hub 2 review: Matter bridge for SwitchBot devices, IR blaster, temp/humidity sensor. £79 in UK. Best for existing SwitchBot owners.

Eufy E340 review: dual-camera 2K doorbell, local storage on HomeBase 3, no subscription. Best Ring alternative without recurring fees for UK homes.

Aqara U200 review UK: Matter-over-Thread retrofit lock for Euro/oval/Scandi cylinders. What the £196 kit gets right, where reliability worries surface.

Reolink Doorbell PoE review: 2K head-to-toe video, RTSP for Home Assistant and Frigate, microSD or NVR storage, no monthly cloud fees.

Plain-English UniFi Dream Router review: who the £299 all-in-one suits, where it falls short, and which UniFi gateway is the smarter buy.

Aqara M3 hub: Matter controller, Thread border router, Zigbee 3.0 bridge in one £100 unit. Honest editorial verdict for UK smart-home buyers.

Editorial review of the Amazon Echo Dot 5th-gen - what £55 buys, the sound upgrade vs the 4th-gen, and whether it beats the cheaper Echo Pop.

Editorial review of the Philips Hue colour starter kit - what £160 buys against Govee and Wiz, and whether the ecosystem premium pays back.