by dbadmin | Nov 20, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home, Spotify
Credit: Adam Molina / Android Authority For many people, Spotify may be the main reason to buy one of Amazon’s Echo speakers, or at least near the top of the priority list. It’s hard to beat having millions of songs and podcasts playable with your voice, or else a few...
by dbadmin | Nov 19, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Amazon Alexa is full of little tricks and secrets. Some of them are genuinely useful, while others are there purely for your own amusement. Super Alexa falls squarely into the second category — here’s how to activate it, and...
by dbadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority As useful as smart home tech is when you’re solo, a lot of people share Alexa devices like Echo speakers with a partner, family, or roommates. The official solution to this is using multiple profiles under Amazon Households....
by dbadmin | Nov 17, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Smart speakers with Amazon Alexa can be the foundation of a complex smart home, but the first step is to connect an Alexa device like the Echo Dot to your home’s Wi-Fi network and the internet. Here’s how to hook up Alexa,...
by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2021 | Features, Samsung, Samsung SmartThings, Smart Home
When setting up a smart home, picking a core platform is not only essential, but something you should settle on as quickly as possible. A mix of different standards can often result in confusion and incompatible automations. Like any other platform, Samsung’s...
by dbadmin | Nov 12, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Android Security, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Adam Molina / Android Authority Amazon likes to people to think of Alexa devices as a one-stop shop for communication. You can make (most) outgoing phone calls on its Echo speakers, and if you have an Echo Show, there are multiple video calling options. But...