Why it matters to you While smartphones often serve as hubs for smart homes, Brilliant Control let you use simple touch and voice commands instead. Who needs a smartphone when you have a voice? Suggesting that the future of smart home control will center not on any device but rather on yourself is a new startup …

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I’ve checked out a lot of smart light switches since I built my own smart home in 2007, but Brilliant’s Brilliant Control is the most exciting lighting control I’ve seen since I’ve been able to control my lights with Amazon’s Alexa. This one works with Alexa, of course—in fact, Alexa Voice Service is built in—but …

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Is the smartphone on its way out? San Mateo, Calif.-based Brilliant Home Technology announced that it has created the Brilliant Control, a smart lighting solution that gives anyone in the house the ability to access music, climate, and other common smart home devices with just a simple touch or voice command. No smartphone is required. …

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Amazon’s Alexa Vs. Google Assistant. Head-to-head. Image credit: Jay McGregor Amazon’s strategy to make Alexa available absolutely everywhere on every device ever created will give it the advantage it needs in the upcoming AI wars. The news that Amazon is making its AI technology available in the UK to third party developers (it’s been available …

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