Control your Smart Home with your voice, touch and more.
Today, Amazon just announced several new Amazon Echo products: The New Echo, The Echo Plus, and The Echo Spot. That is in addition to the Echo Dot, Echo Look (by invite only) and the Echo Show. What the best Amazon Echo Device? It really depends on what you are looking for. How we reviewed the best Amazon Echo Devices I’ve been …
The Best Smart Plug Smart Plugs – simple plugs that you can control anywhere – are a great addition to any smart home. But what’s the Best Smart Plug? After testing and reviewing 13 different Smart Plugs, I want to bring you the very best Smart Plug that you can own to control all of your devices. To cut to …
The new Amazon Echo Show has been praised by many tech writers. They’ve gone so far to call it, “The best smart home assistant you can buy.” However, I disagree. I hate the Amazon Echo Show. I bought the two-pack when it was announced and I’m returning both. Why? Read more of my honest Amazon Echo Show review to learn …
It’s finally here! Here’s a quick video I made on how to enable intercom mode on your Amazon Alexa app with your Amazon Echo devices. “Drop-in” is what Amazon calls the feature that allows you to intercom the different Echo devices in your home. I’ll post another video when I get Echo-to-Echo intercom going. Pretty cool! Have you tried this …
If you have a smart home, you probably don’t want to use your phone (or voice) for every interaction. You probably want to use a remote, switch or button to control your smart home devices. The definition is home AUTOMATION means not having to do anything – but there are many situations where you need to do something different than …
The Smartest Smart TV is here: The Element Amazon Fire TV Edition. If you are dead-set on buying a smart TV (and not a regular ol’ TV and adding an Apple TV or Amazon Fire Stick), this is the Smart TV you should buy. Amazon Smart TV This TV is a good quality 4k 55″ TV with Amazon Fire TV …
The Amazon Echo (read my full Amazon Echo Review) is about a year old and there is a newcomer on the block: The Google Home. Which one should you buy? Read on to read my Amazon Echo Review and Google Home Review. Let’s start with the Basics: Amazon Echo Google Home Size 9.25-inch tal and 3.27 around. It weighs 1.7 lbs. …
Looking for a gift for that special someone who also happens to be a home Automation Nerd?! Then look no further. Here are some great Home Automation/Smarthome gift ideas for the smart home lover in your life. The “Wow, I didn’t know this was a thing but I need it gift.” The Rachio Irrigation System. It seems silly to buy it …
Today, after I pre-ordered the Amazon Echo Dot, I noticed Amazon had another product – the Amazon Echo Tap. After some research, I’m probably not going to buy one. Read on for the reason why I won’t buy an Amazon Echo Tap. What is the Amazon Echo Tap? The Amazon Echo Tap looks a lot like the original Amazon Echo …
Today, I noticed that I could pre-order the Amazon Echo Dot. However, I had to ask my current Amazon Echo to buy it – that’s something new! I’ll do a full Amazon Echo Dot Review as soon as I get it shipped. Go here if you’re looking for my original Amazon Echo Review. So, what is the Amazon Echo Dot? It’s …