Google, Amazon, and Meta are offering smart displays for video calls, smart home management, watching shows, and more. See ...

Alexa has a ton of useful little features that can make your smart home a lot more useful. Drop In and Announcements are just ...

Time to join the smart home era of technology, connecting all your neat stuff to the Internet of Things of your home. Sonos ...

Nearly everything about Home Assistant is a certified struggle. Nothing is straightforward. None of it is made for surface-level geeks like me, who have dabbled with Google Home, Alexa ...

Alexa is a cost-effective option that's compatible with most smart products. Devices like the Echo Dot offer an affordable ...

Macy is a Writer on the CNET How-To team, covering a variety of topics, including home security, fitness and nutrition, smart home tech and more. In each article, Macy helps readers get the most ...

CNET has been covering the smart home space since even before the first Amazon Echo smart speaker launched over a decade ago. Whether it is lightbulbs and speakers or video doorbells and security ...

while keeping the original version of Alexa free. Apple is also rumored to ramp up its smart home efforts with a Siri-powered, wall-mounted display designed to control household devices such as ...

Alexa isn't just a useful smart home program, it also hides a variety of Easter eggs referencing movies, video games, and ...

There’s long been talk about Amazon charging for this smart AI experience. The price that has been floating around is that AI Alexa could cost as much as $10 a month, while the old Alexa remains ...

The goal was for Alexa to handle everything from controlling smart home devices to writing emails and calling a taxi. However, despite its promising start, Alexa has struggled to evolve beyond ...