by dbadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Ring, smart displays, smart speakers
Sidewalk is a US-only Amazon networking technology that helps keep smart home devices like Echo speakers and Ring cameras connected to Wi-Fi. It can also locate nearby trackers like Tiles. Controversially, however, Amazon sometimes shares your bandwidth with neighbors...
by dbadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | Amazon Alexa, Reviews, security camera, Smart Home
Credit: Roger Fingas / Android Authority Even if a homeowner never invests in a dedicated security camera, one thing they’re liable to buy is a video doorbell, if just so they can pre-screen visitors and scare off porch pirates. The Blink Video Doorbell is an entry...
by dbadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Amazon Alexa, Smart Home, The Best
Credit: Amazon Amazon Alexa is mostly about controlling speakers and your smart home, but being a modern digital assistant, it can handle a lot more than that. In fact there’s a surprisingly large number of voice-based games for Alexa, so we’ve compiled a list of the...
by dbadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Amazon Alexa, Features, Google Assistant, Smart Home
In the smart home world, and digital assistants in general, there are only two major platforms if you’re not using Apple devices: Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Sure, Microsoft and Samsung have their own creations, but Cortana is effectively dead in the water —...
by dbadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Music Streaming, Spotify
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Listening to music is one of the top use cases for smart speakers. Linking Spotify to your Amazon Alexa will let you use your voice to use the music streaming service with your Alexa-enabled smart speaker. Here’s how to...
by dbadmin | Jan 17, 2022 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Adam Molina / Android Authority One of the lesser-known options on Amazon Echo speakers is Alexa Guard, a security feature that uses microphone audio to catch intruders or alarms. Here’s a guide to using Alexa Guard, as well as the benefits of upgrading to the...
