Smart home devices are great, until you try mixing a few from different brands, and before you know it, you've got half a dozen apps on your phone for controlling your house. I had a similar problem, ...

It's fair to say that voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Home have made the smart home much more accessible. They're fairly easy to set up, and controlling devices with your voice is something ...

Voice assistants are a path to efficiency, accessibility, and quick access to information—but first, you have to choose the right one for your household. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about ...

Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's ...

It's no secret that the smart home world is dominated by Big Tech, with Amazon's Alexa leading the charge, closely followed by Google Home and Apple HomeKit. These popular automation systems aren't as ...

Voice assistant technologies remain a hot commodity, given the ubiquity of Alexa and Google Home devices (although oddly, not Apple’s Siri to the same extent). The rise of voice assistants has become ...

Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...