The Google Assistant is a master at connecting to other devices in the smart home, with speakers like the Google…
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Setting reminders on your Google device is both useful and quick, as it gives you an easy-to-access backup of your…
Syncing your calendars to your Google Home smart devices is a great way to manage your schedule. By using Google…
Google Home can now harness the power of Nest speakers to detect your presence and aid smart home automation. Now…
Bringing your Xbox into your Google Home setup has never been simpler, and doing so gives you the ability to…
Your Google Home smart speaker may be a joy to bark commands at most of the time, but the need…
Google has finally brought Quick Phrases to its flagship smart display, the Nest Hub Max – and it means you’ll…
Some of the coolest tricks possible with your Philips Hue lights come courtesy of the Hue Entertainment, and the official…
Before modern smart home tech arrived, making your home secure with cameras to get alerts of visitors or intruders was…
You may have noticed recently that, when trying to play certain radio stations on your Sonos speakers, nothing happens. Either…
Sonos is still the heavyweight champ for multi-room home audio, but buying a Sonos speaker (or several) is just the…
The 2nd-generation Nest Hub – AKA the smaller Google Home smart speaker with a display – arrived last year with…
Alexa is a great personal organiser and assistant, but to really get in control of your day, you need to…
Google Assistant arrived on Sonos speakers a couple of years back, offering users more choice in their smart home set…
One of the main points of building a smart home is so that you can have a home that’s easier…
As most Alexa users will attest, it can be a little grating how verbose Amazon’s voice assistant can be –…
We live in a world with way too much email. We’re inundated with newsletters and offers and, occasionally, some important…
Ikea now offers its own cheap and (reasonably) cheerful smart lights and other smart devices from its Trådfri range, and…
Alexa and Control4 have been compatible for a while now but, until recently, it was a bit of a cumbersome…
Amazon’s Alexa Guard feature went live in the US a couple of years ago, turning Echo speakers across the country…