It’s rare to see tech giants consider or even willingly work together, and yet, here we are. Today The New York Times announced Amazon and Microsoft would be joining forces in the digital assistant ...

When the Nest Learning Thermostat burst into the smart home market nearly a decade ago, it seemed poised to change how we saw smart home tech: Lindsey Turrentine, CNET's editor-in-chief at the time, ...

You're either going to drop Voice command and go open-standard. You'll need a Z-Wave/Zigbee (preferably they do both) controller. Like Vera or Home Assistant. They don't have as fancy home phone app ...

A Wemo WiFi Smart Plug is a simple way to learn more about home automation with Apple’s HomeKit. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Controlling the lights and other gadgets in your home from your iPhone is ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, today announces the Control4 ® Smart Home Skill for Amazon Alexa, the ...

Amazon Echo's voice assistant Alexa is ever-present in the AI world. The Echo is the best-selling device on the market, and it boasts a variety of capabilities beyond what we could have imagined from ...

The best home automation systems are essential to any growing smart home. We now have more smart devices in our homes than ever before, from lighting systems such as Hue, to internet connected ...

Amazon’s new developer kit will let third-party developers create new ‘ambient’ automations in connection with Alexa. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) When you leave home and arm your security system, ...

Whole-Home Automation Meets Voice Control Control4 is one of the first home automation companies to combine smart home scenes with the convenience of the Alexa far-field voice recognition, ...