I’ve been building ESP32-based smart home devices using cheap sensors for the past few months. My drawer is filled with ESP32 boards, PIR modules, temperature sensors, sound sensors, light sensors, ...

The sensors in your smart device are a big part of what make it, well, smart. Sensors allow our devices to understand context— they tell phones where they are in space and how we’re using them. This ...

It's easy to spend $30 on a single-purpose Zigbee motion sensor or even $60 on smart air quality monitors, while a far more powerful device just sits in your junk drawer. A standard ESP32-based IoT ...

An overwhelming majority of handheld devices these days have ambient light sensors built into them. A large percentage of TVs and monitors do, too, and that proportion is growing. The sensors allow ...

Have you ever wanted to delve a little deeper into your smartphone? With the new Sensor Kinetics app, Android owners can test and monitor all the standard sensors available in their devices. From app ...

This article is sponsored by Aqara. Product choices and opinions expressed are from the sponsor and do not reflect the views of Android Police editorial staff. When it comes to smart home automation, ...

The ambient light sensors typically employed in smart devices for adjusting screen brightness could capture images of user interactions and could pose a unique privacy threat, according to researchers ...