Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team ... think — and it could come down to where your thermostat lives. If you're installing a new ...

Your thermostat is some of the oldest and simplest automation in your home. For years these were one-temperature setting and nothing more. Programmable thermostats brought more control ...

The instinct to raise the temperature on the thermostat sets in the second you get that first blast of chill air. But there's a price to pay — literally — for the luxury of getting your home ...

Google's Nest Smart Thermostat can learn your habits and adjust your heating schedule accordingly, and it can also tell whether you're home or not based on motion detection – so for example my ...