If you have smart bulbs in your home, they should be on a schedule. Here are three ways to do just that. Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years. He has reviewed smartphones for ...

Are you tired of constantly getting up to turn off the lights in your home? Imagine being able to control your lights with just your voice. Thanks to the Amazon Echo Dot and Alexa, this futuristic ...

You can connect an Alexa device to smart lights in your house and set up context-aware lighting using the Alexa app. When you set up context-aware lighting, you can turn on all the lights in whatever ...

There's a lot to love about the sunny season, but the long days and late sunsets are undoubtedly the top of my list — spending every weekend lying out in the garden, relaxing under the heat of the sun ...

In the weekly “What’s New With Alexa” email newsletter, Alexa owners can opt to receive an update of all the cool, useful, and sometimes irrelevant, ways that Alexa is growing up, so to speak. This ...

It’s that time of year when everyone will want to be out in their gardens, enjoying the sunshine, spending time with friends and family or even just taking time out for themselves. It comes as no ...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – Asking Alexa to change the color of a lamp from white to red is about as cool as it comes. And gosh, you can make a similar request to the Google Assistant and go from red to ...

We’ve talked before about how Alexa is one of the best voice assistants for smart homes, thanks to its broad compatibility with smart devices, which includes hundreds of brands and thousands of ...

For centuries, Christmas lights have illuminated our annual festivities. The strings of single-color lights or multicolor blinking or still lights (or both) are indeed an eye-candy. The first string ...

Smart speakers and voice assistants are perhaps most useful for controlling your smart home, but in that case, it’s all about instant actions. Now, Google Assistant is adding the ability to schedule ...