Dec 2, 2024 · (Image credit: Amazon) Amazon Alexa. Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant appeared on the original Amazon Echo smart speaker in 2014, and has since spread its wings to a plethora of speakers and other devices. You’ll get the best Alexa experience if you use a native Amazon Echo speaker, but Alexa now also appears on a host of gadgets without the Amazon label as well.

Nov 15, 2024 · (Image credit: The Ambient) Use Spotify Free. In the past, Spotify on Alexa used to be limited to the paid-for subscription plan, but thankfully, it is now possible for the users of Spotify Free to also use their voice to summon music on an Alexa speaker. There are limitations, however. You can only choose music from playlists, so you can’t just pick and choose the music you want to hear on ...

Oct 31, 2024 · To enable: Install via Alexa app, link accounts.. Try: “Alexa, set the bedroom lights to red” or visit the Alexa Skills Store.. Logitech Harmony. Another hub system that gives Alexa omnipotent powers over everything in your home, Logitech’s Harmony skill provides the Echo power to control your connected TV, among other devices.

Feb 3, 2025 · Your comprehensive guide to the Home app, best HomeKit tech, and more. HomeKit is Apple’s smart home system, offering a platform for users of its iOS devices to take control of their connected home.. Actually, getting technical for a moment, HomeKit is actually a software framework and communication protocol developed by Apple, you won’t see a HomeKit app on your iPhone or iPad.

Nov 27, 2024 · It's a big deal in the smart home space so get yourself clued up. Syncing up all the top smart home devices isn’t easy, and it requires a common language to bind together a wealth of tech from different manufacturers.

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Feb 18, 2025 · Alexa may be useful for us adults, but Amazon has also made the voice assistant extremely child-friendly over the last few years. We’re now a few generations into Amazon’s playful editions of the regular Echo Dot, with the latest 5th-generation model available in a dragon or owl design. Plus ...

Oct 29, 2024 · Make Siri a Superstar DJ and less of a smart home dunce. You’ve got your Apple HomePod or HomePod Mini banging out the tunes, with their impressive 360-degree audio, and you’ve got Siri turning on your smart lights and whacking up your heating.. But that’s just scratching the surface of what Apple’s smart speakers can do.

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Nov 25, 2024 · How to connect Echo and Fire TV to make an Alexa home cinema system . Alexa Home Theater, or Alexa Home Cinema allows you to combine up to two Echo speakers for 1.0 or 2.0 configurations, or an Echo Sub for 1.1 or 2.1 set ups. At its most basic, a 1.0 system, is a single Echo speaker pumping out the audio from what the Fire TV is showing, which to be honest is probably still a better sound ...