Smart Home

Seeing a strange-colored glow on your Echo? Here's what Alexa's green, yellow, red, orange and purple lights mean.

Philips makes a wide number of smart LED light bulbs that offer a mix of colors and lighting effects that you can control remotely. Here’s a guide.

Sonos audio devices are known for multiroom music playback, smart assistants, and support for all the major streaming services. Here's your guide to Sonos speakers.

These Alexa skills will put a smile on your face.

Here are some answers to all your questions about Purple, its proprietary cushioning technology, and what to expect from a Purple mattress.

Find out which company offers the best deal and most features for saving your home security camera footage in the cloud.

Smart TVs often have pretty dumb security and can create big privacy risks. Here's how to reduce your exposure.

The Amazon Echo is a smart home device, personal assistant and speaker in one. Here's everything you need to know.

How should you choose an air purifier? We've got some helpful tips.

Air purifiers won't solve all your problems, but they will definitely keep your home's air cleaner. Here are five reasons to use an air purifier.

You can now turn your iPhone into a universal remote for your smart home with Apple HomeKit. Here's how.

Guides, tips, tricks and how-tos for getting the most out of the Google Home, Home Hub, Home Max, Home Mini and other Google Assistant-enabled smart devices.

Find out what weighted blankets are, how they work, and the benefits and drawbacks.

Google has a new 10-inch smart display with a built-in camera.

After numerous complaints, Google will no longer summarily end its Works with Nest program. Here are the smart home devices that will be affected, and what you can do.

We asked the stars of HGTV's Property Brothers for their advice on selling a smart home.

If you have a large home or one with an unusual layout, you probably encounter Wi-Fi dead zones and could use a mesh-router system.

Alexa can be scarier than you think.

The Sonos Beam is a compact soundbar with Alexa integration that lets you control your TV and do a lot more. But is it right for you?

Google Duplex promises to take tasks like booking appointments and put them in the hands of human-sounding robots. Here’s a rundown of what we know so far.

We take a look to see if Amazon's Home Security suites are a good deal.

Amazon is releasing a child-friendly, Alexa-powered smart speaker, called the Echo Dot Kids Edition. But how does this new speaker differ from the regular Echo Dot?

Smart-home devices use a bewildering array of wireless network protocols. Which ones should you use?

From Santa trackers to dreidel spinners, these 15 Alexa skills will help see you through the holidays.

Amazon is offering experts to help you with things like TV installation, smart home setup, making sure your Wi-Fi is running smoothly and other tasks.

These two smart speakers are both powerful and versatile, but which one is best for you?

Amazon Alexa is a versatile digital assistant that answers questions and performs all sorts of tasks. Here's what you need to know.

Google Home is a smart speaker (similar to Amazon's Echo) that uses artificial intelligence to answer your questions and obey certain commands.