We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the biggest selling points of smart plugs, smart coffee makers, or smart blinds is their remote control capability. Gone are the days ...

Introducing a virtual assistant like Alexa to your home is a thrilling first step to living in the future—but first you have to get it set up. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home ...

When it comes to smart home assistants, Alexa is a behemoth that dominates the market with its intuitive voice-activated smart home controls. Alexa's success is due to its teachability, user-friendly ...

A standalone Wi-Fi module, Quectel’s FLM263D works with the Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) SDK for Matter, enabling rapid setup with Amazon Alexa. In addition to Alexa, the FLM263D allows IoT devices to ...

Amazon’s Alexa is one of the best smart home systems available, with hundreds of devices that currently work with it. But how can you tell which ones are the best? Fortunately for you, we’ve ...

The Smart Home: It's a place that anticipates your needs and empowers you to fine-tune your environment. That's the pitch, at least. Putting it all together isn't a smooth ride, but the right setup ...

My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it to technology (I can). I’ve been at PCMag since 2011 and have covered the surveillance ...

Fine build materials and Alexa voice control don’t compensate for mediocre sound quality, which in turn does not justify such a steep price tag. Portable Bluetooth speakers come in all shapes, sizes, ...

Amazon Alexa devices will soon connect to all available Wi-Fi access points in your neighborhood to create a “shared network.” That means any Echo or Ring doorbell cameras will connect to a nearby ...