Amazon Alexa has long been one of the most popular smart home platforms, as it offers a robust suite of hub devices (like the Echo Show 8) and supports hundreds of third-party products. Hubspace, by comparison, is much more niche. The platform was only ...

A year in, Alexa Plus is the best smart home assistant I’ve tested: It’s easy to talk to, handles routines and multistep commands, and helps in the kitchen. But Amazon’s attempts to stretch it into a personal assistant are underbaked and frustrating, and the ads on the Echo Show smart displays are out of control.

Apple seems set to launch a slew of innovative new smart-home products next week, setting up Siri to go head-to-head with Alexa.

Whether you need a smart speaker, a smart alarm clock, or a hub for all of your smart devices, there's an Echo to help you out. Amazon's list of devices is ever-growing, and we've

All smart speakers nail the basics like timers, weather forecasts, music, and voice commands, but the differences show up once a real setup starts to form across multiple rooms. Amazon Alexa and Google Home are similar, but vastly different, and long-term ...

Routines let you tie multiple plugs together with other smart devices and triggers. For example, saying “Alexa, goodnight” simultaneously turns off your lamp, locks a compatible smart door lock, and lowers the temperature setting on your smart thermostat. That way, you only need to say one phrase instead of several.

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