Connected home
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How to Control your Lights with Amazon Echo
Amazon's Alexa smart assistant is a powerful tool for smart home control. You can use the Amazon Echo, Tap, and Dot to serve as the maestro for your connected lighting!
Amazon Alexa
The Pixel Project
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Are Smart Speakers Spying on You?
Welcome to this week's edition of The Pixel Project: a weekly comic from Diesel Sweeties' Rich Stevens on Apple, technology, and everything in between. This week: Are Smart Speakers Spying on You?
Hey Siri, ask Alexa for me.
How to use Siri and Alexa with your Sonos speaker
Thanks to AirPlay 2, Sonos now works with both Siri and Alexa! Here's how to take advantage of both.
Hey, Siri. Play music on Sonos
How to set up your Sonos speaker with AirPlay 2
Sonos now works with AirPlay 2 so you can use your smart speakers with Siri and Alexa! Here's how to get everything connected.
Talk to me
The $40 Roav Viva brings Alexa and a 2-port car charger on the road
The Roav Viva connects to your phone's internet over Bluetooth to access Amazon Alexa's services for you while you're in the car.
Sounds like a deal
Amazon's portable Tap speaker with Alexa built-in has dropped to $85
Speak to it or let it speak to you.
Eavesdropping
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An Amazon Echo sent someone's private conversation to one of their contacts
Amazon's Echo speakers are incredibly convenient — until they start sending private conversations to people without your consent.
Climate control
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This smart thermostat can help you save money on heating and cooling costs
ecobee4 is the best Wi-Fi thermostat you can buy today. It not only works with additional room sensors, but it supports Apple's HomeKit home automation system and comes with Amazon Alexa built in!
ROBOCLEAN
Turn spring cleaning into spring dreaming with these robot vacuums!
Why spend your spring cleaning time actually cleaning when you could be resting and relaxing instead? Get yourself a robotic vacuum and kick back with your piña colada while you watch it tidy up the place!
Alexa Blueprints
Amazon's now letting anyone create custom questions/responses for Alexa
Amazon's new Alexa Blueprints service enables anyone to create custom questions and responses for their Alexa speakers.