5 reasons to buy the Fire TV Cube (and 2 reasons to skip it) By Henry T. Casey Amazon's Fire TV Cube provides more Alexa integration for your home entertainment, but it's not for all.
Watch This—You Can Control Xfinity X1 with Just Your Eyes By Mike Prospero Customers with disabilities can now control the Xfinity X1 cable box using just their eyes.
PicoStill Hands-On: Home Distillation Made Easy By Mike Prospero The PicoStill attachment lets you distill alcoholic spirits and flavorful essential oils, with delicious results.
Hopsy Sub Compact Is a Good (But Pricey) Keurig for Draft Beer By Henry T. Casey The Sub Compact is a smaller version of Hopsy's kegerator that turns beer into a subscription service.
A $500 Toilet Cleaning Robot? You’re Sh*tting Me By Mike Prospero Are you willing to spend $500 to spare yourself the indignity of cleaning your toilet?
With Meural, Netgear Dabbles in Fine Art By Philip Michaels Meural is a digital art frame that beams paintings into your home. And Netgear is readying a new version for later this year.
LG’s InstaView ThinQ Alexa Fridge Is the Smart Home Gadget I Want By Mark Spoonauer The LG Instaview ThinQ Fridge has Alexa built-in, a transparent OLED screen and works seamlessly with other LG appliances.
There Are Not One, But Three Companies That Will Paint Your Cat on Your Fingernail By Mike Prospero Three digital printers can take photos from your smartphone and print the images on your fingernail. I tried them all.
Bosch’s Projector Turns Your Countertop into a Touchscreen By Mike Prospero This smart projector beams an interactive display onto your kitchen counter.
Royal Flush: Hands-On with Kohler’s $8,000 Alexa Toilet By Mike Prospero When the one percent have to go number two.
Whirlpool's New Oven Is Smart Enough to Be Your Sous Chef By Mike Prospero Whirlpool's smart-oven prototype knows what you're cooking and even helps guide you through the prep process.
Google Now Translates Voice In Real Time, and It’s Bene By Mike Prospero Google Assistant can now translate up to 27 languages and respond in real time.
Lenovo Smart Clock with Google Assistant Takes on Echo Spot By Mark Spoonauer The Lenovo Smart Clock helps you fall asleep and wake up better than a smartphone while allowing you to control other smart home gadgets with routines.
This AI Pet Bowl Will Keep Your Cat from Getting Fat By Mike Prospero The Mookkie pet bowl's AI-powered camera can identify pets, and only let approved critters eat from its bowl.
Alexa Who? RoomMe Makes Your Smart Home Voice-Free By Mike Prospero The RoomMe can automatically turn on smart home devices in your home on a room-by-room basis based on your phone's location.
Google Home Hub Hands-On: A Worthy (and Cheaper) Echo Show Rival By Monica Chin Google's smart display has a 7-inch touchscreen and is powered by Google Assistant.
Amazon Echo Plus Hands-On Review: Local Control, Plus By Monica Chin The second-generation Echo Plus has a much better design and more smart home abilities.
iRobot's New Roomba Makes Cleanups This Much Easier By Mike Prospero A removable dust bin in the charging base makes cleaning out the Roomba i7+ much less of a chore.
My Month with the Amazon Fire TV Cube: Pros and Cons By Henry T. Casey Living with the Fire TV Cube reinforced how great a remote Alexa can be — and how inexcusable the lack of YouTube is.
The First Alexa Board Game Is Both Fun and Terrifying By Monica Chin The future of board games is bright...but different.
Skyrim on Alexa Highlights a Big Problem With Smart Speaker Games By Monica Chin Skyrim has made the jump to Amazon Alexa. It...kind of worked.
5 Reasons to Buy the Google Home Mini (and 3 Reasons to Skip It) By Monica Chin The Google Home Mini is a worthwhile purchase, but it's not for everyone. Here are the pros and cons.
Wow, Google: Digital Assistant Shows Off at SXSW House By Henry T. Casey At SXSW, Google showed off how cool its Assistant can be, and made me rethink my stance on digital assistants.
Panasonic Aromation Matches Scents to Your Mood By Henry T. Casey Panasonic's Aromation technology can create scents to help you relax or get energized.
Smart Wine Rack Makes You Feel Like a Sommelier By Andrew E. Freedman The Caveasy One wine rack lets you know when your wine is best to drink and has an app that will help you pair it with food.
Innit App Makes Google Assistant Your Personal Sous Chef By Mike Prospero Innit's Google Assistant-enabled app can guide you through every step of the cooking process, and even control smart appliances.
Whirlpool Yummly App Can Whip Up Dinner, Control Appliances By Mike Prospero The Innit app can guide you through the entire cooking process, and can even help you decide what to make based on the ingredients you have on hand.
Hogar Milo is Google Home's Answer to the Amazon Echo Plus By Mike Prospero With Z-Wave, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, the Milo could be a cost-effective smart home hub for Google Home users.
Lenovo's Smart Displays with Google Assistant One-Up Echo Show By Mark Spoonauer Available this summer, Lenovo's Smart Displays have bigger screens than the Echo Show, better-looking designs and do more with touch.
Alexa-Powered Smoke Detector Saves Lives, Cranks Tunes By Andrew E. Freedman The OneLink Safe & Sound is the first smoke detector with Amazon Alexa, and a Google Assistant version is coming later this year.
