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Question of the Day: Do You Have Smart Home Products?

Kellen March 3, 2016 103

This morning, shortly after Amazon announced two new Alexa-powered devices to help them extend their smart home assistant presence to more places and in new forms, the folks at Nest finally came around to announcing that their products were now working with...

At Last, Amazon Echo and Nest Thermostat Work Together

Tim March 3, 2016 23

Owners of a Nest learning thermostat and Amazon Echo can now pair the two, finally bringing the two smart objects together at last. Assuming you own both, to enable the Nest functionality on Echo, simply open up the Alexa app on your smartphone and switch on...

Amazon Makes Echo Smaller and Portable With Echo Dot and Tap

Kellen March 3, 2016 16

This morning, Amazon tripled its Alexa-ready devices with the announcement of two new products, the Amazon Echo Dot and Amazon Tap. The Echo Dot is very much just a smaller version of the original Echo, while the Tap is a portable Bluetooth version, made for...

Order an Uber or Domino’s Pizza Through Amazon Echo

Tim February 5, 2016 7

New skills are arriving for Amazon Echo to make it even more useful, even after the latest update that brought support for Spotify. Starting now, users of Alexa can order both an Uber ride, or even a pizza from Domino's. Doing so is simple enough, just say, "...

Amazon Echo Gains Spotify Support

Kellen February 4, 2016 5

Amazon Echo, the cylindrical speaker tube that some of us have in our kitchens to keep time on Shake'N Bake chicken, now works with Spotify. If you are a Spotify Premium subscriber and own an Echo, you can tell it to play any playlist, artist, or genre in...

Report: Amazon to Launch Portable Version of Amazon Echo

Tim January 11, 2016 16

According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon has developed and is set to launch a more affordable, portable version of Amazon Echo in the coming weeks. Reportedly shaped like a Beats Pill portable speaker, but able to stand vertically, the portable model of...

LG Announces the SmartThinQ Hub, Basically an Amazon Echo

Tim December 30, 2015 26

Set to be shown off at the upcoming CES in Las Vegas, LG has unveiled the SmartThinQ Hub, a core for your smart home. Much like an Amazon Echo, which can be connected to other smart things in your home, the SmartThinQ Hub is designed to connect to washers,...

DEAL: Amazon Echo and Fire TV Products All Discounted for Black Friday

Kellen November 27, 2015

I know that most of us as Android elitists aren't fans of Amazon's implementation of "Android" on tablets and phones, but that doesn't mean some of their other offerings, like the Amazon Echo and handful of Fire TV products aren't solid and completely worth...