Amazon's Alexa is handy, but connecting it with If This Then That (IFTTT) lets you do so much more. Here's how to get started, along with some of our favorite applets. I’m PCMag’s home theater and ...

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Whilst Amazon Alexa will always be my favourite smart home ecosystem, I know I’m not the only one who’s found that connecting certain devices can be trickier than others. Sometimes it’s the Alexa app ...

Hagop is passionate about smart home products, especially when it comes to making life easier. He's always eager to try out new technologies to make life easier, in terms of cleaning, automation, and ...

Pick up any Amazon Echo smart speaker or display as part of your Alexa smart home setup, and it does, of course, come with its own built-in audio output—so you can hear Alexa's responses, play your ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

A Roomba makes vacuuming a lot easier, but you still need to press buttons or tap the screen on your smartphone. Don’t you wish you could just tell your Roomba to start or stop cleaning? If you ...

Smart garage doors have become a common feature of smart homes, faithfully informing owners if their garage door is open or closed. They also let you control your garage door from a distance. Plus, ...

Amazon’s Echos are made to function as smart speakers all on their own … but sometimes you want more. If you love playing music or other audio from an Echo speaker, you may want to add more Bluetooth ...

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Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...