Smart Home How-Tos

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

You can train an Amazon Alexa smart speaker to better understand 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.

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

Shopping via an Alexa device is easier than ever and in some cases, you can even score deals.

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

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.

Dish TV customers can now control their Hopper or Wally using Amazon Alexa. Here's how to set it up with your Echo, Echo Dot, or Tap.