Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and ...

There are tons of reasons to use a smart speaker and digital assistant, like Amazon's Alexa. Whether you're streaming music, catching up on the day's headlines or taking control of your smart home, ...

Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.

Amazon’s new Alexa Cast feature lets users cast music to Alexa-powered speakers from their phone. Currently, the service only works with Amazon Music. Google has long provided a similar feature on ...

In spite of my job testing home technology and appliances, I’m actually very old-school when it comes to how I run my home. I tell the time with a clock and jot down reminders on a pad of paper by the ...