Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has been around for over a decade now. But over the past few years, it’s felt like Amazon was neglecting its digital assistant. In my own home, I found it buggier and ...

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The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition represents a significant step forward in smart home automation, focusing on local voice control as an alternative to cloud-based systems. This open source ...

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Google Bard is now Gemini, and with that rebrand, it’s also now the default assistant app on Android. But, if you were in the habit of using Google Assistant for home controls, Gemini can only replace ...

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If you like the idea of voice assistants, but hate that they force you to download apps, collect your data and analyze your voice commands, there are options. Home device and appliance brand Emerson ...