Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

My neighborhood's pretty safe. Crime isn't really a thing here. But I'm still not leaving my front porch open season for package thieves, and I'm definitely not rolling the dice on a break-in. The ...

Everything I will show you is controlled by the Alexa app on your phone. I use an iPhone, but the Alexa app is virtually identical on Android devices. So, go ahead and launch the Alexa app. Then press ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Alexa is an excellent tool for helping you with everyday tasks throughout your home, be it controlling your music player, providing weather ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're old enough to remember cartoons like The Jetsons, you probably remember a vision of the future where our lives are fully automated.

An Amazon Echo speaker with a blue light on a table - Urbano Creativo/Shutterstock Amazon Alexa — and most other voice assistants, for that matter — used to be a novel science fiction-ish concept when ...