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 ...

Grab these portable and stylish Amazon Alexa speakers, which offer a great voice assistant support along with crisp music to ...

At $20, this adds a lot of value to a smart home, especially one where Alexa devices are prominent. Beyond smart home control, you can have your remote perform other Alexa routines around lifestyle, ...

Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

The Amazon Echo Dot Max is an extremely compact Alexa speaker that lets you better manage your smart home and enhances room audio capabilities compared to past Echo Dot speakers. It produces ...

Alexa and Alexa+ features give the Amazon Echo Show 11 a central command center feel. The home screen provides access to cards such as appointments, traffic, timers, and lists, while Alexa+ offers ...

If you’re seeking to make your home smarter, odds are you’re in between two smart home ecosystems, Amazon Alexa versus Google Home. Both Amazon Alexa- and Google Assistant-enabled devices can help ...

Alexa, show me a real smart home system.

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has been around for over a decade now. But over the past few years, it’s felt like Amazon was neglecting its digital assistant. In my own home, I found it buggier and ...

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No disrespect to Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, but voice control still has its quirks and sometimes it’s easier to control your various smart home devices using your PC instead. But the degree to ...