Smart Home

Amazon, Apple, and Google Partner to Standardize the Smart Home

In a long-overdue move, Amazon, Apple, Google, and others are partnering on a standard for…

Google Brings Real-Time Translation to Assistant on Phone

A new Google Assistant feature called interpreter mode will bring real-time translation features to both…

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2019: The Year in Cord Cutting (Premium)

In some ways, 2019 was a dark time for the cord-cutting rebellion. The number of…

Amazon Might Start Making Ring Smart Lights

Amazon is soon going to get into smart light bulbs with a new Ring-branded smart…

Google Assistant Gains New Note-Taking Capabilities

Google announced this week that it is adding support for Google Keep, Any.do, AnyList, and…

Hands-On: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K

With my three-year-old Roku Premiere+ exhibiting regular performance problems, I started looking around for a…

Amazon Fire TV Blaster Adds Alexa to More Devices

The Fire TV Blaster is a Fire TV and Echo device add-on that brings Alexa…

Your News Update Comes to Google Assistant

Google today announced a feature called “Your News Update” for its Assistant-powered smart speakers and…

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Thinking About Google’s Smart Home Comeuppance (Premium)

New data from Canalys claims that Google smart speaker sales plummeted 40 percent year-over-year. Meanwhile,…

Google Assistant Comes to Xbox One

With the release this week of the November 2019 Xbox One Update, the Google Assistant…

Amazon Quietly Unveils Alexa-Based Home Theater Solution

Amazon is allowing users of its FireTV and Echo products to combine them and create…

Tip: Create a Google Home Stereo Pair

The ability to create stereo pairs with Google Home smart speakers is a great if…

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Paul’s Tech Makeover: Google Ekes Out an Audio Win (Premium)

Our move to Pennsylvania over two and a half years ago was, among other things,…

SiriusXM is Coming to Google Assistant

Starting next week, SiriusXM subscribers will be able to access their content from any Google…

Alexa Will Finally Let You Connect Your Alarms With Your Smart Lights

You can now finally get Alexa to wake you up and turn your lights at…

Buy Google Hardware, Get Google One Perks

Customers who purchase any “made by Google” product, including the Pixel 4, will get some…

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