Working from home has its upsides. My favorite part is that my little dog Pixel can climb up onto my lap and fall asleep while I'm writing. But there are also downsides as well. For me, family ...

Amazon Alexa is already a solid smart assistant, but a few clever tweaks and lesser-known features can take your experience to the next level. Here's how to make the most of it.

Alexa is the Amazon digital voice assistant. It can be used on smartphones and Amazon Echo products. Alexa was inspired by the interactive computer voice used in the original Star Trek TV series. The ...

Here's what to know about the assistants running your home . . . your car . . . your phone Google Assistant and Amazon's ...

Amazon showed me its new Alexa Home Theater surround sound system, which synchronizes and automatically configures multiple ...

Smart garage doors have become a common feature of smart homes, faithfully informing owners if their garage door is open or closed. They also let you control your garage door from a distance. Plus, ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon wants every smart home device to work with its Alexa ecosystem, and it says Matter is key to achieving ...

Amazon Alexa, along with other voice assistants like Siri and the Google Assistant, don’t work as well as they should because early versions of their voice recognition technology were rushed to market ...

Amazon created the initial technical scaffolding for Alexa quickly, jumping out to an early lead in the market for smart speakers and voice assistants in the home. But nearly a decade later, Alexa is ...

From talking about the weather to answering questions about the latest celebrities, Alexa is one useful voice assistant – and even more so if you connect compatible smart devices around your home or ...

In this age of smart gadgets, it seems like everything is listening. But did you know you can put a lid on what Alexa remembers? If the thought of Alexa storing all your voice commands makes you ...

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