Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

Google Assistant smart speakers often only serve a couple of key purposes – to accept commands and play music. With Xiaomi’s new Google Assistant smart speaker, you also get the power to control your ...

The promise of the smart home is fine control over an environment that adjusts automatically to meet our needs. From the moment it wakes us gently in the morning to helping us drift off to sleep at ...