About The Skinny On Smart Homes

The Skinny On Smart Homes is a daily news publication for the people who design, specify and install smart homes: residential custom integrators, AV designers, dealers, distributors and manufacturers.

What we cover

• Smart Homes — Control systems, networking, lighting, automation and the integrators who install them.
• Product Breakthroughs — New launches and technology shifts that change what integrators can deliver.
• Projects — Case studies and installs: residential smart home projects that show what the channel can deliver.

How we report

Our newsroom is AI-assisted. We monitor trusted trade sources and report on full stories, never summaries. Every article is written fresh, in our own words and structure, and credits and links to the original reporting it draws on.

Each story opens with the key facts, explains the background and what happens next, and answers the questions readers ask most. Before publishing, we check every story against what we've already covered, so one news event gets one article even when several outlets report it.

Meet the news desk.