Smart Home

Got a small apartment with a mix of hardwood and two fluffy rugs and my new robot vac keeps beached on the rug fringe. I set up virtual walls in the app, but it still noses onto the corner and stalls. Budget is midrange, and I can't stick magnetic strips because of a rental rule. I've tried lifting the fringe with rug tape and lowering suction in carpet mode. It helps a little, but the vac still chews the tassels. Are there models with better cliff/edge detection for tassels or low-pile rugs? Or is there a simple hack I am missing that doesn't involve ripping off the fringe?

My smart plugs keep dropping off Alexa every night around the same time even though the router is in the next room. I’ve split 2.4/5 GHz and reserved IPs, but they still go offline—what setting am I missing?

My living room is a maze of cables and my robot vacuum keeps snagging on them during its evening run! I’m trying to set up no-go zones and cable covers, but I’m not sure which accessories or settings actually prevent tangles. Tips on mapping tricks or bumpers that actually work would be amazing!