Resetting Our Apple, Amazon and Google Powered Smart Home
Time for a clean slate.
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We delete the smart home setups for all three major virtual assistants and walk you through the ...
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Everything Astro Can Do
Everything Astro Can Do
Astro in action is a sight to behold.
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Amazon's home robot can bring you a drink, check on your stove, talk to your Ring security system and throw a dance party. It's a ...
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Amazon Astro: Unboxing and First Impressions
Amazon Astro: Unboxing and First Impressions
A meet and greet with Amazon's helper bot.
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We unbox Amazon's Astro and give it a ...
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How the Matter standard could fix your smart home in 2022
How the Matter standard could fix your smart home in 2022
After CES 2022 momentum, Matter is poised to make the smart home seamless. Here are our hopes and concerns before it launches this year.
Matter could create a smart home ...
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Amazon makes Alexa more attentive
Amazon makes Alexa more attentive
Amazon's assistant can listen for water running or appliances beeping and will trigger routines to keep you posted. The company also launched Alexa Together, a subscription service designed to help care for senior citizens.
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Google Nest vs Amazon Ring Floodlight Cams: Push back the night
Google Nest vs Amazon Ring Floodlight Cams: Push back the night
We test two high-end outdoor cams with bright floodlights to see which one will work better for the exterior of your home.
Both the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro ...
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Amazon’s Astro and the quest for competent robot help
Amazon’s Astro and the quest for competent robot help
Robots are here and thanks to Astro, they’re invading your home. We take a look at the pros and cons of Astro as well as the past, present and future of ...
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Ring 4 vs Nest Doorbell Battery: The battle for best wireless video doorbell
Ring 4 vs Nest Doorbell Battery: The battle for best wireless video doorbell
Both of these battery powered video doorbells offer a solid list of features, but we put them to the test to see which one reigns supreme.
We’ve pitted ...
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Amazon Sidewalk: Everything we know (and don’t know)
Amazon Sidewalk: Everything we know (and don’t know)
Amazon now lets other people’s devices in your neighborhood connect to the cloud through your Echo and Ring devices, using a tiny bit of your bandwidth. That might help keep your devices ...
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Amazon Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 edition): What I like, and what I definitely DON’T
Amazon Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 edition): What I like, and what I definitely DON'T
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