If you’re looking for a financial justification for getting smart home devices, Travelers Insurance just provided one. The company announced recently that customers who own qualifying devices can get a discount on their home insurance policy. The move makes sense, considering that some devices that are part of a smart home solution can actually help …
UPDATED: Amazon has announced 4 new Echo devices this week! Read our rundown of the new features here A growing number of people have been using Amazon Echo, with the smart home device’s reputation almost exploding lately. To take advantage of this momentum, Amazon just announced two spinoff portable versions called Dot and Tap. They’re cheaper …
As Amazon Echo continues to gain momentum in the marketplace, people are starting to compare it more and more to Apple’s Siri. While certain fans of Amazon’s Alexa AI get bent out of shape when this happens, the fact is it’s a sign of the technology actually threatening one of the biggest tech giants out …
Move over Apple and Google, because Amazon has stealthily become a new leader in the advancement of smart home technology. Both tech giants absolutely dominate the smartphone business and are dutifully trying to do the same to infotainment systems in vehicles, but when it comes to the home things are much different. For reasons everyone …
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As a growing number of people are giving Amazon Echo a try, they’re finding that the mobile app isn’t always user-friendly. What hardly anyone realizes is there’s an alternative. Amazon has set up a control panel you can access through a web browser. Going this route takes out a lot of the headache you normally …
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Amazon Echo is still such a new technology that many people are still feeling out how best to use it. You can use the device to quickly get movie show times, check for items on your calendar and even play Spotify (with a Premium account). If you play around with Echo long enough, you’ll find …
Plenty of people have fallen in love with the Amazon Echo. The smart home/speaker device can be a little hard to describe to the uninitiated, but for those who have experienced it, the technology is hard to live without. NOTE: Click here for Amazon’s own guides to using Echo Tap and Dot. Now Amazon is …
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Quite a few people have taken advantage of the smart thermostats made by Nest, allowing them to adjust settings from anywhere they have a data connection. Now a big change is coming by the end of March as Nest plans to close down MyEnergy, the energy data service it picked up three years ago. While …
The Amazon Echo is a hot device right now. This has taken some by surprise, but as people look to add more smart features to their home they’ve realized the Echo can be a key part of the setup. Anyone who actually owns one can tell you that Alexa, the Echo AI, can be so …
You’ve likely heard of the Amazon Echo, a smart device that reacts to voice commands. It’s essentially a 9.5 inch-tall, slender cylinder-shaped speaker that can be set on a table or other flat surface. Alexa is the artificial intelligence or AI that “lives” in the Echo. All you have to do is speak to Alexa …