Reviewer, Smart Home
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge’s Smart Home Reviewer, meaning her family lives in misery, so yours doesn’t have to. She covers all areas of home automation and connected gadgets, from robot vacuums and video doorbells to smart lighting and locks. She joined The Verge in 2021 and is a leading expert on the smart home standard Matter.
A journalist for three decades, she’s covered the smart home since 2013, writing for publications including The New York Times, Wirecutter, Dwell, Wired, The Ambient, BBC Science Focus, and US News & World Report.
She received her training on London’s Fleet Street with The Daily Telegraph newspaper before moving to Sun Valley, Idaho, where she worked in local news for ten years. She now lives in South Carolina with her husband, two children, a dog, a cat, a rabbit, and seven chickens.
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