These days, it seems like everyone has a Google Home or Amazon Echo installed in their home. We rely on these devices to do just about everything for us, and, more often than not, they deliver. Alexa ...

Smart speakers do a great job of making simple tasks around the house easier. Control the brightness or color of your lights, change the thermostat temperature, control multiple alarms and timers and ...

Alexa has evolved far beyond its origins as a simple voice assistant for setting reminders and playing music. After 11 years, ...

So you've finally nailed your sleep routine. Congratulations! Lights dimmed, white noise on, alarm set for the wake-up time that gives you five perfect REM cycles — you're about to be well-rested to ...

If you need a voice assistant for your home, Amazon's Alexa is a solid choice. It can do just about anything, from being the ...

Your Amazon Echo device is already pretty customizable in terms of what skills you add to it. What you may not realize is if you don’t find a skill out there that’s quite what you’re looking for, you ...

Customize the Alexa experience by cooking up your own Q&As for Amazon's digital assistant. Lance is an experienced writer who tries to unravel the mysteries of personal tech. He loves watching old ...

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