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 ...

Smart displays offer voice and touch control to manage your connected home, from lights and cameras to video calls and ...

With the rapid advancements in technology, smart home hubs have become an essential tool for homeowners looking to automate ...

There are four main smart home platforms: Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s HomeKit ... but some require (or at least work best with) a dedicated hub. And finally, how will you control them? Do you already have ...

Amazon Alexa devices are more than just for entertainment—they can automate your entire home, acting as a hub for smart lighting, thermostats, door locks, and even Wi-Fi routers. A fully ...

and other devices to your setup without the need for a separate hub device. The Echo is even useful while you're away, as Alexa can send alerts if your smart speaker's microphones detect the ...

Either way, it comes loaded with all of Alexa's smarts as well as a temperature ... The biggest downside is that this doesn't have a Zigbee smart home hub built-in to manage your other gadgets ...