The Google Home Mini sounds better and looks better than the Echo Dot -- but Google needs to innovate if it wants to catch Alexa. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based ...

David Priest is an award-winning writer and editor who formerly covered home security for CNET. Amazon's Echo Dot is impressive as ever. Its 1.6-inch speaker is half an inch larger than the previous ...

There are a lot of reviews of the different smart speakers or smart home devices you can buy. For example, you can find plenty of reviews that compare the Echo Dot with the Google Nest Mini, or the ...

Amazon is offering the Kasa Smart Plug Mini with Energy Monitoring for only $12.99. That's a hefty 35% price drop from its $20 MSRP. This is also lower than what we saw on Black Friday, barring deals ...

Of all the entry-level smart home devices on the market, making the decision between Amazon Alexa and Google Home can be a tough one. Both systems have evolved considerably over the past few years and ...

Saying the wake work for Alexa or Google Assistant over and over in a single conversation gets old fast (“Hey Google, turn the volume down; hey Google, turn the volume down again”), but it’s easy to ...

There's a pretty good chance you unwrapped a new voice assistant, like an Amazon Alexa- or Google Assistant-enabled device, over the holiday. Devices like the Echo and Nest are incredibly powerful and ...