If you have an Amazon Tap, Dash Wand or the Amazon Fire TV voice remote, you'll need to press a button to wake Alexa. Amazon ...

This series looks at the new — and sometimes surprising — ways AI is being used to enhance our lives. Artificial intelligence is changing the way we live in ways you may not even realize. Maybe you ...

Google Home has transformed millions of households across the globe since its release in 2016, providing homeowners with smart capabilities that streamline and simplify people's daily lives. What ...

Nine times out of 10, when I issue a voice command, my smart home does exactly what I want. When I say, “Hey Google, turn on the bedroom lights,” the bedroom lights come on almost instantaneously. I ...

Google Home users with thermostats can no longer use the simple command “turn off the thermostat” to control their device. Instead, users have to say “set thermostat to off” to turn it off, which is ...

Emerson's SmartVoice line lets you order devices around without the need for apps or the internet. I found out how well it ...

Using voice commands to control smart home devices is very common, and something that Google Assistant is about to get better at through the use of AI. Google says it “worked hard to apply state of ...

Over the past few days, Pixel Tablet owners have noticed an issue where smart home-related Google Assistant commands do not work in Hub Mode. Update 7/18: Google has addressed this issue with a server ...