Smart Homes

Amazon / screenshot by Caitlin Petrakovit / Tips Clear Amazon surprised us with its new Thursday event Luna Cloud-Gaming Services As well as expected updates to its line of Echo, Fire TV and Ring products. When we roll into the holiday shopping season, and for the first time, we help Amazon discuss, Prime day. (Annual sales are usually held in …

Alexa is getting AI. Chris Monroe / Tips Clear Amazon has unveiled new artificial intelligence Capabilities for Alexa, with the aim of making their in-house voice assistant more interactive. Alexa will be “more natural and more expressive,” Amazon said during its annual product launch event Thursday Harnessing technological advances in neural text-to-speech, Amazon said that is using AI to make …

Having a smart lock on your door can change your life, especially if you are the kind of person who never knows where your keys are hidden. Paired with a mobile app, the best smart lock allows you to remotely lock a door that you forgot to protect. You can unlock it for a service provider or a friend with …

Not only battery powered Security cameras You give better installation flexibility than their wired counterparts, they are also usually weatherproof for outdoor use. This means that you can install a wireless security camera on a fence, in a tree – or anywhere – until your Wi-Fi network reaches it – to make your home security system larger, Keep an eye …

Alarm clocks remind me of referees — they’re necessary, but I still get annoyed at them for doing their jobs. You want to be reliably woken up on time every day, but it’s still aggravating to be roused from a restful night’s sleep by a repeated buzzing sound next to your ear. With the right alarm, you’ll hopefully be less irritated and …

Amazon hardware chief Dave Limp at the 2019 launch event in Seattle. James Martin / Tips Clear We are all getting to know our Echo Smart Speaker better these days. In the existence of a life-at-home, millions of us hunker down for the long haul, home-related concepts that Amazon has been developing over the years have become more important than …

Happy Hampday, Chefs! Not entirely related to anything, a TV recommendation: Happy Endings is the silly, slap-show that we all need right now. It’s like friends, but smarter, faster and – yes, I’d say it – funnier. You can do this Stream all three seasons on Hulu, Then watch the really great “new episode” that slipped on YouTube in July. …

James Martin / Tips Clear Amazon has made its sights on the smart home Since Alexa came along – But now the online mega-retailer is thinking big, and imagining the entire smart neighborhood. Previously announced In 2019Called effort Amazon sidewalk, And it uses a small portion of your home’s Wi-Fi bandwidth to pass wireless low-energy Bluetooth and 900MHz signals that …

Google Google has focused on continuing its collection of updates working from home And comprehensive compatibility for life in quarantine and smart-light sleep features with Wednesday’s announcement of work routines. Work day routine With the workday routine, you can create a defined set of Google Assistant reminders to keep your entire day on track. The Assistant app for iOS and …

James Martin / Tips Clear Amazon has made its sights on the smart home Since Alexa came along – But now the online mega-retailer is thinking big, and imagining the entire smart neighborhood. Previously announced In 2019Called effort Amazon sidewalk, And it uses a small portion of your home’s Wi-Fi bandwidth to pass wireless low-energy Bluetooth and 900MHz signals that …