Originally published at: Sensereo MS-1 Review - Is a Smart Smoke Alarm Actually Worth It?
Smart home gadgets have crept into pretty much every corner of the house (at least they have in mine!), but, until recently, smoke alarms have remained stuck in the past. Most are still standalone devices that beep far too early in the morning with no way to silence them from your phone and no link to anything else you’ve got running. Perhaps that makes sense for such a safety-critical device, but it doesn’t change the fact that when I heard about the Sensereo MS-1, billed as the first Matter (over Thread) smoke alarm on the market, I had to take…