Smart Home

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.

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.

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.

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.

Never miss a meeting again: Here's how to sync your Google, Apple, or Microsoft Office calendar with Alexa.

It's easy to use Amazon's assistant on your Android phone with the dedicated Alexa app. Here's how to get started.

Amazon's Alexa can keep you and your family entertained if you know the right words.

We get it - Google can be a pain in the neck. Here’s how to turn off Google Assistant if you’ve had enough.

Routines allow you to execute several Google Home actions with one command. Here's how to get started.

Add some personalization to your Echo Show by changing its background photo.

Google's smallest smart speaker is a cinch to set up, but it involves multiple steps. Here's how to do it.

Google Assistant can now talk in the soothing tones of John Legend. Here’s how to set it up.

Changing these four settings will help parents sleep at night.

No more shouting yourself hoarse when dinner’s ready.

You can finally use Apple Music through Alexa. Here's how.

You can control your Roku TV device using Amazon's Alexa voice assistant. Here's how to set it up, and what you can do.

Want more voice control for your Samsung smart TV? Pair it with an Alexa smart speaker to give you added functionality.

Amazon's FreeTime service lets you set limits on what your child can see and do, and for how long they can use it. Here's how to set it up on your Echo device.

An Alexa routine will turn on smart home devices automatically, play music, and even talk to you at a specified time, or when you say a certain phrase. Here's how to set up a routine.

Amazon Alexa's Drop-In feature, which lets you view a feed from someone's Echo Show unannounced, is a bit creepy. Here's how to disable it.

Want Alexa to read one of your Kindle Books? It's as easy as turning a page.

When you want to use your voice to control what music you're listening to, here's how to connect Spotify and Alexa.

Take the leap and give this feature a try.

You can connect the Amazon Echo smart speaker to the Logitech Harmony Elite universal remote. Here's how to make your home theater controlled by your voice.

You no longer have to say "Alexa" before every voice command to Amazon's smart speaker.

Whether you’re having problems your Echo or want to gift it, here’s how to reset the device and start fresh.