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 ...

Holiday homes are turning into winter wonderlands with lights, music, and, in some cases, a lot more. Products to help manage your lights and kits can offer some extra fun this season. Consumer ...

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 ...

If you’re seeking to make your home smarter, odds are you’re in between two smart home ecosystems, Amazon Alexa versus Google Home. Both Amazon Alexa- and Google Assistant-enabled devices can help ...

No disrespect to Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, but voice control still has its quirks and sometimes it’s easier to control your various smart home devices using your PC instead. But the degree to ...