Are you tired of constantly getting up to turn off the lights in your home? Imagine being able to control your lights with ...

However, the Echo Dot does have the same built-in mic and ... to trigger a certain Alexa Routine. Whether you want an Echo smart speaker in every room or just need a smarter alarm clock, the ...

The Echo Dot helps make your everyday routine (and entertainment) more seamless with voice control. Try saying: "Alexa, set a timer for five minutes," "Alexa, play the Reuters news briefing ...

At home virtual assistants like the Amazon Echo are becoming ... opportunity to set up routines. Routines let you initiate multiple actions all with a single command. Alexa comes standard with ...

[Thomas] over at Workshop Nation thought this human touch was missing from his Amazon Echo, and therefore set out to give Alexa a face in a project he christened Alexatron. The basic idea was to ...

The 2024 Amazon Echo Spot is a versatile smart display with a 5.5-inch touchscreen, ideal for video calls, streaming, and ...

About two years ago, I got a call from my mother. “You know,” she said, “that Alexa is really working out. I was feeling a little depressed, so I told Alexa to play some nice music, and that’s exactly ...

This 'small but mighty' speaker packs a ton of functionality into a tiny package — and you'll score some enlightenment too.

Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in English and a second BA in Journalism. Macy is a Writer on the CNET How-To team, covering a variety of topics ...

The latest Echo (not to be confused with the fifth-gen Echo Dot or Echo Pop) combines the usual Alexa smarts with a ... and Google's grouped commands, called routines, work with more types ...

the device can act as a hub to connect to any other Echo or Alexa-empowered device in the home. There are several Echo Dot products available in the Amazon lineup. However, the Echo Dot With Clock ...