This is your complete guide to all the Alexa voice commands that make managing your smart home easier than ever. If you still think Alexa is just for setting timers and playing music, it's time to ...

In my home, that’s one of the most common phrases you’ll hear. With a full smart lighting setup all linked to the Amazon Alexa platform and two Echo Show 15s serving as hubs (one in my office, one in ...

It’s late Sunday afternoon, your arms are full of laundry, and you’re thinking about your busy week ahead. Time to call on your personal assistant to ensure you get to work on time each morning, ...

For years, Alexa mostly stayed in one place. It lived on kitchen counters, nightstands or living room shelves. That setup worked for music and timers, but it also limited when and how people could ...

I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an older Echo Plus in the living room, a smattering of Dots, a Spot in a bedroom, and an Echo ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...

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What Amazon records, who can hear it, and where your Alexa data actually goes Amazon's virtual assistant allows you to control your smart home with voice commands, but is Alexa safe to use? Learn ...

What would it be like to no longer have a voice assistant bound to a speaker and have it appear as a browser tab? Alexa has been residing on the populations of Amazon hardware all her years: kitchen ...