The first step toward building a smart home is deciding which smart home platform to use. Google Home and Amazon Alexa are two of the best on the market, offering support for hundreds of third-party ...

Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

Home assistants from Google and Apple offer similar commands groups. It can really save you some time if you dive into some ...

The worldwide AI craze set its sights on voice assistants in 2025. This year, it arrived at both third-party and primary ...

Smart speakers can be a useful companion in your home. The voice-controlled devices can answer random questions, set multiple timers as you cook and play your favorite podcasts. Some even have ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say that AI-powered voice assistant technology has a harmful effect on children. Getty Images Voice assistant technology such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa ...

Amazon has transformed its renowned AI assistant, Alexa, into a modern chatbot called Alexa+ that is now available on the web ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...