Ethan Caldwell

Staff Writer

Ethan Caldwell has been automating homes since long before the phrase 'smart home' was a marketing category. At OfficesChair, Ethan covers hubs, sensors, voice assistants and the messy business of getting devices from different brands to cooperate. The test house runs several competing ecosystems side by side on purpose, because that is how most real homes end up. Ethan is especially interested in what happens when the internet drops — a smart device that stops working offline rarely earns a recommendation here.