Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

The first step in connecting Matter devices to Alexa is ensuring your Alexa app is running the latest firmware. Check to make sure you don’t have any updates pending – otherwise, Matter support may ...

If you have an Amazon Tap, Dash Wand or the Amazon Fire TV voice remote, you'll need to press a button to wake Alexa. Amazon ...

How to set up and use Google Assistant or Alexa with Samsung SmartThings Your email has been sent Image: Samsung. Official SmartThings photograph. With Samsung SmartThings, users can build, customize ...

SEATTLE — If you are one of the millions of people without a smart speaker in your home, Amazon wants to talk to you. On Thursday, the company announced not one, not six, but more than a dozen devices ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

If you’re someone who loves the convenience of smart home technology, then you’ve probably heard of both Alexa and z-wave devices. Alexa, the popular voice-controlled virtual assistant by Amazon, has ...

Amazon's Fire TV line is one of its most popular products, and as you might expect, it also includes Alexa. What sort of cool ...