Voice Assistants
Alexa or Google Home, What Actually Differs Day to Day
I have run both Alexa and Google Home in the same house for over a year, one assistant per floor, largely by accident after...
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Every guide we have published, newest first. Setup notes, honest reviews, and the occasional argument with advice that ignores what actually breaks once a device has been running for a year.
Voice Assistants
I have run both Alexa and Google Home in the same house for over a year, one assistant per floor, largely by accident after...
Home Security
My phone buzzed with a motion alert eleven times during my first week with a new sensor, and by day three I had stopped looking...
Home Security
A neighbor proudly showed me his new doorbell camera footage after a package theft, and the clip showed nothing but the top of...
Plugs and Switches
A reader once asked me why her smart plug would not dim her lamp the way her friend's smart bulb did, and the honest answer was...
Plugs and Switches
I put off installing my first smart switch for nearly a year, convinced it required an electrician, before a friend walked me...
Smart Lighting
I built fourteen lighting scenes in my first month with smart lighting, everything from "movie night" to "dinner party" to a...