Home automation isn't just the domain of hackers, Kickstarter projects and startups anymore -- now utilities companies are getting in on the action, too. British Gas has recently announced Hive Active ...

As you’ll know if you’ve read our review, we’re big fans of Hive’s Active Heating system (after all, who wouldn’t want a clever thermostat that can be tweaked using your phone?), and now the British ...

The smart home, it’s a phrase that almost all of us will have heard and while it’s proving quite hard to define there’s one gadget that’s at the centre of it all: The smart thermostat. The Hive smart ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

It’s been over a year since Hive first landed in UK homes and now British Gas has announced an update; the Hive Active Heating 2 thermostat. Doing away with the uniform white of the past, the new-look ...

Chris is the former Editor of Pocket-lint. He has been a technology journalist since 2008 and has covered the rise of Android and reviewed just about every important device along the way. Chris lives ...

Like many people, I adore the transitional seasons. Spring brings feelings of unadulterated joy as I relish the burst of life that emerges in the world. And I find autumn similarly inspiring: the ...

Not wishing to sound like a soon-to-be-slaughtered character from HBO laughaton Game of Thrones, but winter’s coming. In many other countries, this tends to mean a few months of mild discomfort as ...

Energy prices have just shot up. On 1 April, Ofgem increased the energy price cap by 54 per cent, and households will see a steep spike in their gas and electricity bills this spring. Many of us are ...

Hive was one of the first smart heating systems, starting life as British Gas Remote Heating Control in 2011, and while still a major player it lacks some of its flashy young rivals’ bells and ...

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