Deploying smart home technology is one of the more appealing promises of voice control systems like Alexa. It’s tempting (and maybe inevitable) to fall down a rabbit hole of complexity when you’re ...

We’ve talked before about how Alexa is one of the best voice assistants for smart homes, thanks to its broad compatibility with smart devices, which includes hundreds of brands and thousands of ...

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Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

A 2-pack of Kara smart light bulbs is currently going for just $16 at Amazon, after the retailer knocked 20% off its usual ...

Amazon is running a wild sale on their Alexa-enabled 4th generation Echo Dot smart speaker device and you get a FREE smart bulb along with that for under $25 right now for existing Prime members as a ...

In the weekly “What’s New With Alexa” email newsletter, Alexa owners can opt to receive an update of all the cool, useful, and sometimes irrelevant, ways that Alexa is growing up, so to speak. This ...