You can set up Alexa on your Amazon Echo or Echo Dot device using the Alexa mobile app, or on Echo Show using the built-in screen.

Right now on Amazon, it’s $13 — 48% off the $25 original price. Setup is quick: plug it in, open the Alexa app on your phone, and you’re ready in minutes. No separate smart home hub is required.

Instead of selling a standalone home security system, Tapo by TP-Link takes a more granular approach. It offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor cameras, plus door/window sensors, motion detectors ...

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You can connect your Alexa device to smart lights in your house and set up context-aware lighting using the Alexa app.

There are as many varieties of smart light switches (and dimmers) as there are light bulbs, and while the prospect of upgrading your old dumb switch might seem daunting, they’re usually pretty simple ...

Developers can get on a waitlist for a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit. Developers can get on a waitlist for a preview of the Wearable Device Access Toolkit. is a senior reporter ...

Arccos unveils new Smart Laser Rangefinder that factors in factors such as altitude, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity and more. The latest evolution in Arccos’s mission to revolutionize ...

I used to loathe smart home products, believing them to be little more than marketing fluff and rather pointless gimmicks, but I have grown to appreciate what modern devices can do for the home.