To achieve a smart home, you need a voice assistant to run it. A smart home assistant, usually folded into a smart speaker, ...

Newest Amazon Alexa commands Amazon recently launched Alexa Plus, a major AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant. This new version brings significantly improved conversational abilities and smart ...

Using voice commands to control smart home devices is very common, and something that Google Assistant is about to get better at through the use of AI. Google says it “worked hard to apply state of ...

Apple is delaying some of the Apple Intelligence Siri features that it expected to be able to introduce as part of iOS 18, and it's not clear what that means for the rumored smart home hub that the ...

When you set up a smart bulb in a lamp, you get to name that lamp, so Alexa will know which lamp you are asking her to turn on. In my living room, I’ve set up lamps called table lamp and floor lamp.

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Overwhelmed by all the automation possibilities your smart gadgets offer? You're not alone. Here are three I find useful and ...

Cloud concerns: Most smart speakers send commands to remote servers, raising risks of data logging, analysis, and even human review. Trade-off choice: Switching to local AI may mean sacrificing some ...

I’ve got Amazon Echo devices in a few of my rooms at home as the gateway to my smart home system. I started with one Echo Dot in the living room, but added a new Dot with a clock to the bedroom and ...