Smart Homes

In this post, we will show you some simple settings that can help make your frustration with Alexa vanish. You ask Alexa to perform dozens of tasks throughout the day, from turning on the lights to playing music on your Amazon Echo speaker. But did you know you can change the way Alexa communicates with you, too? We’ll…

Whether you’ve had your Amazon Echo for days, months or years, you’ll want to update these settings right now. When I unboxed my Amazon Echo for the first time last year, I was excited to see how music sounded on the speaker, control my Ecobee thermostat hands-free and turn on the TV without a remote. However, it wasn’t until…

Alexa isn’t perfect, but you can help improve it by changing these settings. Since the day I started using an Amazon Echo, I’ve found it convenient for many things — it turns on my TV when I’m too lazy to search for the remote that’s buried in my couch and it controls my Ecobee thermostat when I’m away. However, there…

Customize these key features to make Alexa work harder and smarter for you. You didn’t just buy an Amazon Echo speaker to ask about the weather or play games all day. You bought it to help make your life easier — and there’s no better way to do that than to make sure you’ve customized its features to better…

If you haven’t been using these Amazon Music features, you need to now. You’ve been using your Amazon Echo to play your favorite songs and playlists. But there are so many more music requests you can give to Alexa when listening to Amazon Music on your smart speaker. For example, you can ask Alexa to…

In this article, we show you some simple settings that can help make your frustration with Alexa vanish. You ask Alexa to perform many tasks throughout the day, from turning on the lights to playing music on your Amazon Echo speaker. But did you know you can change the way Alexa communicates with you, too?…

Whether you’ve had your Amazon Echo for days, months or years, you’ll want to update these settings right now. When I unboxed my Amazon Echo ($60 at Amazon) for the first time last year, I was excited to see how music sounded on the speaker, control my Ecobee thermostat hands-free and turn on the TV…

Technology has revolutionized households in the last 10 years, from the proliferation of smartphones and voice assistants to the introduction of smart appliances. As more and more people discover the convenience of this technology, it’s likely that smart devices are going to become fixtures within homes. So what’s the next revolution on its way to…