Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.

Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.

Smart home hubs were once at the forefront of connected home technology, but nowadays, they're not really that necessary in order to control your home.

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Amazon just surprise-dropped the Echo Show 21, a massive smart display with all kinds of bells and whistles. As the name suggests, this device boasts a 21-inch screen. It’s also wall-mountable, just ...

I’m PCMag’s senior writer covering smart home and wearable devices. I’ve been reporting on tech professionally for nearly a decade and have been obsessing about it for much longer than that. Prior to ...

For the past several months, Home Assistant has been my go-to platform to automate my smart home. This robust software provided me with local voice control, extensive customization options, and ...

The Echo Show 21 is the newest member of the Echo Show family, offering a massive 21-inch display and a powerful audio system to match. But how does it stack up to the existing Echo Show 10? Aside ...

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