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Want more voice control? Here's how to connect Alexa to your older Samsung Smart TV.

How to use Alexa: Guides, tips, tricks and how-tos for getting the most of the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Fire TV, and other Alexa-enabled smart speakers..

Apple’s HomePod and HomePod mini can be multi-room champions as well as smart speakers – here’s how to get them connected.

How to use Amazon Alexa’s Drop In feature on Echo speakers, including the Echo Dot, Echo Show and more.

You have to be careful what you say to Alexa. Here's how to keep your voice-enabled devices secure.

Get Amazon’s least expensive Alexa speaker up and running. Here's how to set up the Echo Dot.

Here’s how to reset an Alexa device and start fresh, whether you have an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Echo Show.

How to change Alexa's name so your Echo smart speaker responds to a different wake word.

Here's how to change the background picture on your Echo Show

Alexa smart light colors come in 123 different shades and hues; here's a list of all the colors.

How to set up the Facebook Portal so you can make video calls using Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp.

Here's how to make a voice or video call using Amazon Alexa.

How to clean and descale your Keurig coffee maker

The Control Center in Ring's app for its video doorbells and home security cameras lets you manage all your privacy and security settings. Here's how to use it.

Moving? Here’s what to do whether you plan to take or leave your smart-home devices.

Here’s how to play Apple podcasts on an Echo or any Alexa-enabled speaker.

Just got and Echo Dot with Clock? Here’s how to set it up and what you can use it for.

You can now stream music to all of your Amazon Echo devices throughout your house using Multi-Room Music. Here's how to connect them all.

You can use Amazon's voice assistant to control your TV, look for programs, actors, and even control your DVR. Here's how to set it up.

You can control Belkin's WeMo devices using nothing but your voice, but you have to connect it with Alexa first. Here's how to do it.

Follow these steps to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) for Ring Video Doorbell and Ring security cameras.

Get your new smart TV up and running with our handy guides.

With police asking Amazon to turn over data sent from an Alexa-powered Echo speaker, here's how to manage your Alexa history and recordings.

You can control your Nest Thermostat with you voice using Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, if you know how to connect the two.

Works With Nest is ending — here's how to switch your Nest account to a Google account

You can use Google Assistant to assign reminders to family members and housemates. Here’s how to use the voice assistant’s new productivity feature.

You can control your Dish TV box and smart home devices using Google Assistant. Here's how to set it up.

You can now adjust how slow or fast Amazon's smart assistant speaks to you. Here's how.

Amazon's Alexa is a powerful virtual assistant — almost too powerful. Here are some default settings to change right away and hidden features to enable.