There are pluses and minuses to contracting with a connected-home/home-security provider such as Vivint. On the bright side, you get professional installation as part ...

Q: I’m interested in a new home security system. I have a hodgepodge of smart-home devices, but I haven’t managed to choose a home ecosystem yet, so I have some devices set up with Alexa, some with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. Vivint has always been an interesting hybrid of a security company.

Your home (and everything in it) is precious to you, but you can’t be there all day, every day, to monitor and protect it. Luckily, you don’t have to. Smart home cameras allow you to step away while ...

Measuring 4.6 by 1.5 by 1.3 inches (HWD), the Doorbell Camera Pro is just a hair bigger than the original (4.5 by 1.5 by 1.0 inches), but is more streamlined than the Arlo Video Doorbell (5.0 by 1.7 ...

Vivint Smart Home has announced the Outdoor Camera Pro, a new security camera that it says can detect a potential intruder and warn them they are being watched, encouraging them to leave the area. If ...

Home security and automation starts and ends with the front door. It needs to keep the bad guys out yet let the good guys in without hassle. Either a system gets it right or it doesn’t, and, until now ...

Your smart home is becoming increasingly talkative, thanks to a new collaboration between Vivint Smart Home and Google. On Tuesday, June 19, Vivint announced a new ...

The pricey Vivint Spotlight Pro works with the company's Outdoor Camera Pro Gen 2 to expose intruders on your property by shining a light on them. The Spotlight Pro fixture matches the primarily white ...

Connected cameras are often some of the first devices added to the fledgling smart home, and now Vivint wants to take advantage of that with its 21st century take on the neighborhood watch. Vivint ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. More and more companies are trying to sell you cameras to put outside the house.