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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 ...

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For more than 10 years Tyler has used his experience in smart home tech to craft how-to guides ... making it an easy first recommendation for an Alexa camera. Arlo's wireless cam is compact ...

A smart speaker makes an easy first step into smart home technology. Before you kit out your house with thousands of dollars of lighting and security upgrades, you can familiarize yourself with ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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 ...

Google Home users are getting a free smart home upgrade ... If you have Amazon Alexa, you may ask: "Alexa, set living room lights to 50%." "Alexa, open the curtains." "Alexa, set the reading ...

Amazon makes its Echo devices in different shapes and sizes, and other top audio manufacturers like Sonos and Bose offer smart speakers with the Alexa voice assistant built-in. An Alexa smart ...

Given how ubiquitous Alexa is across the best smart home devices, it’s something we should all take notice of. Henry is a freelance technology journalist, and former News & Features Editor for ...