by dbadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | Cyber Monday, Deals, Smart Home
Credit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Smart home tech is meant to make your life simpler — say, by turning off the lights when you leave for work or turning up the heat before you get home. The trick of course is not only picking the right gear, but picking it...
by dbadmin | Nov 26, 2021 | Black Friday, Deals, robot vacuum, Smart Home
Credit: Amazon Robotic vacuum cleaners are among the best devices to add to your smart home. Thankfully, there are plenty available on cut-price deals. This Black Friday, the pick of those deals is the iRobot Roomba 692. Usually listed at $299, you can grab one for...
by dbadmin | Nov 25, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Apple Music, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority If you’re at all invested in the Apple ecosystem, Apple Music is bound to have a strong appeal — it’s deeply integrated into the company’s software, in some cases allowed to do things on Apple platforms that rivals like...
by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon devices, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Adam Molina / Android Authority Amazon Alexa is the world’s most popular smart home platform, thanks to Amazon being the first to market with voice-controlled smart speakers — the Echo lineup — as well as a plethora of supported devices, services, and...
by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority While directly controlling accessories from a phone, display, or smart speaker like an Amazon Echo is all well and good, a smart home isn’t very smart if it doesn’t run some things on its own. Here’s how to use Alexa routines,...
by dbadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Amazon Alexa, Bluetooth, How To, Smart Home
Credit: Lily Katz / Android Authority As good as Alexa speakers can be, some of them — especially smaller ones like the Echo Dot — benefit from pumping audio through a separate Bluetooth speaker instead. Here’s how to connect Alexa to Bluetooth, regardless of the...
