12+ powerful Alexa commands you should start using at home (no subscriptions required) ...

Voice control is no longer a party trick; it is the glue that holds a modern smart home together. With the right Alexa phrases, lights, locks, cameras and climate systems respond in seconds, often ...

When you set up a smart bulb in a lamp, you get to name that lamp, so Alexa will know which lamp you are asking her to turn on. In my living room, I’ve set up lamps called table lamp and floor lamp.

While Google Assistant is regularly expanding its library of voice commands, Amazon Alexa is no slouch, with a wide range of capabilities from fetching information to controlling a smart home. The ...

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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual ...

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