You can’t have a conversation about smart home devices without including Amazon’s Alexa in the picture. As of 2025, the ...

If you're spending more time fixing your smart home than using it, it could be time to stop relying on the cloud. Here's how.

Our kids' room has its own routine. When we say, "Alexa, it's bedtime," their sound machine turns on (powered by a smart plug), their bedside lamp switches off, and their smart light strip turns on to ...

Mashable surveyed its readers about the smart home products they use. See which smart home brands earned a Readers' Choice ...

If you're eager to get the most out of your burgeoning smart home setup, Alexa automations can really add a dash of ...

What I found was, after throwing Alexa out the front door, a smarter and more private method of running automations with ...

Say what you like about the relatively slow evolution of Alexa as a voice assistant (and the slightly slower emergence of Alexa+ as a more advanced AI system), Amazon has absolutely thrashed Apple and ...

Whether you're just getting started with smart home or you're a smart device veteran, you deserve the very best smart ...

Spooky Halloween Sounds will play a continuous loop of unsettling noises until you tell Alexa to stop. Just say, "Alexa, start Spooky Halloween Sounds" to get started. Spooky Sounds plays 50 minutes ...

This week, IKEA announced it will save the smart home with over 20 new affordable Matter-compatible smart home devices.