Personal assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Nest products are popular every year. There are millions upon millions of these devices living in homes across the country. Alexa is #1 in usage but ...

Who knew Santa was so high-tech? If tucked under your tree with care this Christmas Day, wrapped for Kwanzaa, or unboxed from Hanukkah is a Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa smart speaker device, your ...

Following last year’s introduction of revamped Cams and Doorbell, Google is now letting Amazon users control 2021 Nest products with Alexa. This new Google Nest skill for Amazon Alexa supports the ...

I honestly love the rivalry between Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The two tech giants behind those digital assistants frequently trade blows in the form of new features. Google had to play ...

Google has now officially launched a new “Google Nest” skill for Amazon Alexa, allowing Amazon Alexa-enabled devices to control some of its Nest-branded smart home products. More succinctly, allowing ...

Taking advantage of Amazon’s most recent API update, Google has updated its Google Nest Alexa skill so that newer Google Nest devices can stream live video to Amazon Echo smart displays and to Amazon ...

The big day is almost here, making this the perfect time to start tracking Santa, checking in on Father Christmas, and playing holiday games on your smart speakers, displays, or smartphone to get you ...

Commentary: It might surprise you what your Google Home can't yet do. Here's what we wish it had, and some ways you might be able to work around some of the drawbacks. Dale Smith is a former Associate ...

I love my cute lil’ Nest Thermostat — it makes my home feel like a spaceship. But there’s one thing that’s stopped me from feeling total futuristic vibes: its integration with other voice-activated ...

There's a pretty good chance you unwrapped a new voice assistant, like an Amazon Alexa- or Google Assistant-enabled device, over the holiday. Devices like the Echo and Nest are incredibly powerful and ...

We’ve shown you in the past how to make your Amazon Echo or Google Home smart speaker keep listening after an initial voice command, but how do you know for sure when they’ve stopped listening?