Amazon Alexa is flexible and compatible with many smart home devices but can be clunky and has no native smartphone support.

But a recent Matter update paves the way for making it easier to add smart gadgets to multiple Matter-compatible smart home ...

Hey everyone, diving into smart homes cab be tough! If you want to control your home with just your voice, whether it’s ...

More broadly, Matter 1.4 bakes a lot of timing, energy cost, and other automation triggers into the spec, which—again, when ...

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 ...

Smart speakers tell you the weather, play music, answer trivia questions, help you prank your spouse, and they just might ...

Integrating your robot vacuum with smart home assistants like Google Home and Alexa lets you automate cleaning with a simple voice command or a few taps on your smartphone. It’s more than just ...

After all, smart speakers easily top the list of best smart home gifts year after year. Most speakers these days are still running either Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, but Apple's HomePod Mini ...

However, the launch of the Matter 1.4 specification this week shows some signs that the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA, ...

To set up Google Assistant, ensure your smartphone has the latest version of the Google app. Connect your phone to the car's ...